The Associated Press reports that two of Ted Kennedy’s sons, Ted Kennedy Jr. and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), have asked Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint former DNC chairman Paul Kirk as interim Senator, once a bill providing for an appointment is signed into law.
Kirk is a long-time Kennedy family friend, who served on Ted Kennedy’s staff from 1969-1977 and regularly visited the late Senator before he died. He is currently the chairman of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
A lot of press speculation has centered around former Gov. Mike Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic nominee for president. But this development is a sign that a Dukakis appointment isn’t necessarily a foregone conclusion.
