Speaking as a MA voter (a progressive one but not a young one), I too have never really understood any positive reason for Kennedy to be gunning for Markey's seat, especially right now, in our current political moment. Is Markey old? Yes. Should he retire? Ehn, maybe, but he clearly feels he still has work to do, and things like part…
Speaking as a MA voter (a progressive one but not a young one), I too have never really understood any positive reason for Kennedy to be gunning for Markey's seat, especially right now, in our current political moment. Is Markey old? Yes. Should he retire? Ehn, maybe, but he clearly feels he still has work to do, and things like partnering with AOC on the Green New Deal show that he's willing to keep current with the issues. Should we have term limits? Overall, probably? But that's not what this is about. Kennedy should have stuck to his seat in the House and kept building seniority there. It's his own fault that so many people have seen this race not as "we need new blood" (do we?) but rather as "we need a Kennedy" (*do* we?).
Speaking as a MA voter (a progressive one but not a young one), I too have never really understood any positive reason for Kennedy to be gunning for Markey's seat, especially right now, in our current political moment. Is Markey old? Yes. Should he retire? Ehn, maybe, but he clearly feels he still has work to do, and things like partnering with AOC on the Green New Deal show that he's willing to keep current with the issues. Should we have term limits? Overall, probably? But that's not what this is about. Kennedy should have stuck to his seat in the House and kept building seniority there. It's his own fault that so many people have seen this race not as "we need new blood" (do we?) but rather as "we need a Kennedy" (*do* we?).