On what should have been the first day of his retirement from Congress, former representative Barney Frank instead burst back onto the political scene, revealing that he had asked Governor Deval Patrick to appoint him to temporarily fill John Kerry’s Senate seat while a special election is held.
Frank said his 32 years in Congress made him especially qualified to help settle spending and entitlement fights that were pushed off several months by the New Year’s Eve fiscal cliff compromise between President Obama and congressional leaders.
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Good choice, he knows the the game and the players.
(Cue the right-wing homophobes.)
They are over on the Herald site.
I think they should name Kerry's chief of staff to give people the continuity they voted for. Then let the voters decide going forward.
Barney Frank would be a great replacement for John Kerry's senate seat. He is bright, hard-working, influential, and a financial expert. He has honorably served my district in MA for many years. Still better would be his occupying the seat for an entire term.
C. Larsen