With the exception of a brief two-year period from 1960 to 1962 when it was occupied by what everyone knew was a seat warmer who also happened to be JFK’s college roommate, the Senate seat currently held by Ted Kennedy has been a Kennedy Family entitlement for more than a half century.
Now, it seems , Teddy already has plans for ensuring that the next person in the seat is also named Kennedy:
Ted Kennedy has made clear to confidants that when his time is up, he wants his Senate seat to stay in the family - with his wife, Vicki.
Multiple sources in Massachusetts with close ties to the liberal lion say his wife of 16 years has long been his choice to continue carrying the family flame in the Senate. Kennedy won the seat in 1962; his brother John held it from 1953 to 1960.
“There’s no question that he’d like Vicki to continue in his seat,” said one Massachusetts Democrat with ties to the Camelot clan who spoke to Kennedy recently, before his health crisis.
Given that this is Massachusetts we’re talking about, and that her last name is Kennedy, I’m guessing she can feel safe in ordering business cards.
