Warren: Frank Would Be ‘Extraordinary’ In Interim Senate Post

[Tx4obama]

6. Gov Patrick has said that he will NOT appoint anyone as the interim senator that ...

... that will be running in the special election.

Markey is going to run in the special election, so Patrick will not have Markey on his short list for the temporary appointment.

Markey will only have a couple of months to raise money and to campaign for the democratic primary and special election, he will need all the time that he can find to do that - so he really wouldn't have time to focus on senate business even if he were to be temporarily appointed.

Barney Frank does not want to run in the special election and has volunteered to be the interim senator for the few months that the seat needs to be filled before the special election is held because of all the financial issues/spending cuts that will be debated in the senate in the next few months.