Reply #88: Exactly and he doesn't run again until 2014

[karynnj]

Kennedy will clearly not run in 2012 - so he will be MA's senior Senator, running for his 6th term. He very likely will be seen as one of the best chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has ever had - judging from his extraordinary start. It is highly unlikely anyone will run against him in 2014. (It is likely that his opponent in 2008, best know for defending drunk drivers, would not have gotten on the ballot except for a core of people angry over his endorsement of Hillary Clinton.)