While Joseph Kennedy III carries the most formidable surname in Massachusetts Democratic politics, it’s hard to imagine any other 32-year-old Middlesex County assistant district attorney being treated as a prohibitive favorite for the seat being vacated by liberal icon Barney Frank. But voters who believe that Frank’s values, issue positions, and tireless advocacy served his district and the country well should bet on Kennedy now. He has natural political gifts that make up for his inexperience, and voters can feel confident he will grow into an effective advocate for the district.
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Globe: "He has natural political gifts that make up for his inexperience, and voters can feel confident he will grow into an effective advocate for the district."
To listen to you tell it, he can walk on water also! What tripe!
I would vote for a businessman that has worked for an honest day's pay over a 32 year old priviledged assistant district attorney every time. Little Joe will win solely because he is a Kennedy running in Massachusetts and we will regret it when he retires from politics in 40 years.
If his name were Johnson or Smith the Globe wouldn't care about JK3. A seat opens up, a Kennedy decides he wants it so he moves to districtand all otherDemocrats must bow out. He's an inexperienced kid who has promised to toe the Democratic line like Warren has. I guess you don't need brains as long as the DNC can send you notes, talking points and direct your vote. He has zero experience outside of the government and trust fund life. We haven't even heard of hit record with the DA's office.
What an absurd editorial.
It was a foregone conclusion that the Globe's endorsement of Kennedy would be an exercise in rationalization. Even so, this is an embarrassing piece of work, not least for Kennedy himelf, who seems like a decent and capable young man.
I can't imagine that you think anyone would read this and change their vote. So why write it? The reader is left with the inescapable feeling of one outmoded Boston institution trying to prop up another. It just drags them both down faster. Kennedy might as well have booked a room at Locke-Ober to announce the Globe's endorsement.
he has natural politicial gifts, wow.....
i am shocked!
If OJ Simpson broke out of jail, moved to Mass. & changed his name to Kennedy, you turnpike twits would make him mayor of Boston before Halloween & governor a week later. So the torch gets passed by some misty-eyed Morrisey Blvd hacks - you folks have the thoughtful work ethic of Annie Dookan.
This editorial is a perfect example of Globe favoritism, indeed Globe extreme a priorism, applied to the latest generation of Kennedys. The 32 year-old Joe III may or may not make a good Congressman. Who knows? Certainly not the Globe editors. But that hardly matters. He is a Kennedy. And so powerful is the Globe's yearning for a restoration of the Kennedy dynasty (maybe THAT will save the newspaper; maybe this will give us ACCESS again) that these same "progressives" who assault traditional institutions and customs at every turn now, with visions of Camelot II dancing in their heads, draw every favorable inference that can be drawn in favor of tradition in the person of young Joe Kennedy.
"Still, it’s not entirely clear how moderate or conservative Bielat would be if elected"
translation :But it is clear Kenndey will vote in lockstep w/ Pelosi
When is the endorsement for Warren and Obama coming?
Lord, God, save us from another Kennedy!
WHat about Obama's awful attitude and policies towards Israel? That is good fp?
and sequestrationpolicy helps us?
oops - sorry posted on wrong forum
A work in progress? Since when are U.S. Congressional seats internship opportunities for wealthy young men who happen to be named Kennedy?
Switch the names -- who would the Globe endorse?
Predictable and absurd. I am that much closer to cancelling my Globe subscription. What an embarassment. If the Globe can't bear to endorse the much more qualified Bielat, it should just withhold its endorsement. Camelot is dead!
The true test of Globe endorsements will come in the senate race. The measure of the Globe's little remaining credibility won't come from endorsing Tisei or Joe III, it will come from endorsing Scott Brown. If the Globe can't bring itself to endorse Scott Brown, then you can't trust a single word this newspaper ever prints again. Not endorsing Scott Brown would be final proof that you simply can't trust the Boston Globe about anything important. We'll see soon if the Globe can bring itself to pass this BASIC test of credibility...
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Yup. It's Globe time to trumpet another Kennedy. It doesn't matter that he is a political flyweight, HE'S A KENNEDY...WOOHOO. Just for chuckles, I love how you wove in Barney Frank's "values" that's just too GD funny. Let's see, we have a choice between a Marine and a tech executive or another flyweight Kennedy who never accomplished a thing in his life. Only in Massachusetts!
Mid-level manager and owner of a fledgling website is not exactly a "tech executive".
This is just wrong on so many levels. We should vote for a "work in progress" because of his last name? This is the worst endorsement I have ever read! Truly the Globe should be embarrassed.
This is an OpEd, right? So the author can have an opinion. The posters are attacking OpEds as if they are articles. I thought all Globe readers knew the difference. It is like the Fox morning show that is entertainment vs the Fox news that aspires to higher standards of truth.
And while he is not supporting Bielat, he certainly has not spoken against the man.What is the big fuss about?
Like the Kennedy's, the Globe's time has come and gone.
OMIG - WHAT A BOWL OF PABLUM MUSH YOU ARE TRYING TO FEED THE VOTERS!