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2019 Kennedy Family Holiday Photo. From our family to yours, happy holidays! (Original Post) Heartstrings Dec 2019 OP
Some strong genes there! KT2000 Dec 2019 #1
Looks like the kids have dad's face...very handsome family! Karadeniz Dec 2019 #2
I'm sorry, but I can't see any reason for his primarying sterling Ed Markey except... LAS14 Dec 2019 #3
I like Joe, but that bothers me a great deal as well. hlthe2b Dec 2019 #4
Ed Markey is tried and true; not to be cast aside delisen Dec 2019 #5
Well, I would hope he got some advice TexasBushwhacker Dec 2019 #6
I sent money to Markley when Kennedy announced. broiles Dec 2019 #7
Beautiful Family JGug1 Dec 2019 #8
Yep. He's a Kennedy all right. PatrickforO Dec 2019 #9

LAS14

(13,749 posts)
3. I'm sorry, but I can't see any reason for his primarying sterling Ed Markey except...
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 04:42 PM
Dec 2019

.. plain old ego.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
6. Well, I would hope he got some advice
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 05:33 PM
Dec 2019

Markey is 73. Massachusetts has a Republican governor. Should Markey pass away or retire before the end of his term, the governor would choose a Republican replacement. Should Elizabeth Warren get elected President, she would also be replaced, at least temporarily, by a Republican. So Joe may have thought the time was right to give it a shot.

Just speculation ....

broiles

(1,361 posts)
7. I sent money to Markley when Kennedy announced.
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 05:56 PM
Dec 2019

I'm halfway across the country and usually don't give to faraway candidates but Markley has done a good job and should not have been primaried by one of our own.

JGug1

(320 posts)
8. Beautiful Family
Tue Dec 24, 2019, 06:27 PM
Dec 2019

That IS a beautiful family. I just hope that he learned from the mistakes his father and uncles made and from the example that Barack Obama made regarding family.
OBVIOUSLY, he will be thinking of the White House at some point. It is interesting that he is going slowly. It is also wise for him to go slowly, although it is possible that a Democratic President will be followed by her/his Vice President having a leg up. I have seen some references to this guy being the VP nominee but not too much.

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