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Joe Kennedy regrets he didn't take on Scott Brown

Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 12:47 AM

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Joe Kennedy is now regretting he did not run against Scott Brown for the Massachusetts senate seat held by his uncle Teddy Kennedy.

Kennedy was asked yesterday whether it was a mistake that he did not run
“The thought has crossed my mind,” Kennedy said. “Maybe that wasn’t the greatest decision I ever made.”

However he ruled out running against Brown in two years time "I cleared out of that (politics),” he said. “This is what I do now. I like what I do very much" he told the Boston Herald referring to his Citizens Energy Corporation that helps bring fuel to the poor in need.

Kennedy was said to be wary of running because of efforts to link him to Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez who supplies much of the oil for his Citizens Energy corporation.

Experts say he would have won easily. Philip Johnston, former head of the Democratic Party, said Kennedy would have been an easy victor.

“Joe would have won easily because he would have tapped into the populist anger that’s out there among voters,” Johnston said. “Joe is very much like his Dad, former Senator Robert F. Kennedy. They are fearless in taking on the establishment and that’s why he would have done so well.”In a recent poll Kennedy had a 62 per cent favorable rating.

Kennedy also told the Boston Herald that he wasn’t surprised that Martha Coakley was defeated.

“To be honest with you, I was surprised that (Brown’s) margin was as small as it was,” he said.

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gabrielbalio | Mar 12, 2010, 10:33 PM EST

Joe is brilliant, young and dynamic.He has a big chance to become a President in US.He just need focus in his political career.....

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FastEddy | Jan 30, 2010, 10:56 PM EST

Yeah, right. What a maroon. Sorry Joey, that's not your uncle's seat to give away. You couldn't fill it anyway. Your next in any case: " ... Kennedy was said to be wary of running because of efforts to link him to Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez ..." Associations with the rest of the demofascists too.

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JOSIESAR | Jan 30, 2010, 04:15 PM EST

BULL CRAP! HE WOULD HAVE LOST BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH THE KENNEDY'S AND THE DEMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Christisall | Jan 30, 2010, 09:24 AM EST

sectionhand: actually, yes, he is starting to look like his aunt.

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Christisall | Jan 30, 2010, 09:23 AM EST

Get a life, killowen; you are as wrong as can be and you will start seeing more and more non-dem/lib politicians in Congress because sane, rational, thinking, bright people will not stand for the absurd, stupid, socialistic, arrogant, narcissistic antics of the libs.

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killowen | Jan 30, 2010, 07:46 AM EST

this hannity/o'reilly/limbaugh/beck brown chap is gonna be a one-termer. massers will be yearning for someone else in due time.

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jennyVT | Jan 30, 2010, 12:59 AM EST

Sorry Joe, the so-called experts are wrong. No, you wouldn't have won because people are sick and tires of the same ole politics and want something different. Wait until the November elections and "WE THE PEOPLE" will show everyone that the old way of politics is out and the new is in. This goes to Dems. and Repubs.

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willieboy | Jan 29, 2010, 07:35 PM EST

That's all the hell we need another Kennedy. Brown would have beaten him anyway.

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Sectionhand | Jan 29, 2010, 01:18 PM EST

He's starting to look like his Aunt Eunice .

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Sectionhand | Jan 29, 2010, 01:09 PM EST

Also ... It looks like Joe needs a haircut !

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Sectionhand | Jan 29, 2010, 01:07 PM EST

I don't think Joe would have stood a snowball's chance in hell of getting the nomination let alone win the seat . He just has way too much baggage to lug around .

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johhnyb | Jan 29, 2010, 12:06 PM EST

Since you ask: I think that tapping into the anger against Democratic policies would obviously have led to an easy victory for the Democrat, Joe Kennedy. Seems logical to me....

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MotherIrish | Jan 29, 2010, 12:03 PM EST

Oh spare this country of another Kennedy in the Senate. And ain't hindsight great? Now he thinks he is better than Coakley. He had his chance and did not take it so Kennedy, kiss my royal Irish arse.

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seabeetom | Jan 29, 2010, 11:49 AM EST

WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER KENNEDY IN WASHINGTON. THE ONES THAT WERE THERE JUST EXPANDED THEIR SEX AND BOOZING TERRITORY.

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seagattor | Jan 29, 2010, 11:46 AM EST

Joe Kennedy made the right choice because he would have been whuped too!

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