Joe Kennedy, membre de la célèbre famille, fait parler de lui depuis quelques années déjà. Le petit-fils de Robert Kennedy est actuellement représentant à la chambre et on lui prête d'obtenir l'investiture pour l'élection au sénat. Pour ce faire il doit détrôner l'actuel sénateur sénateur démocrate Ed Markey. Le parti peut-il se permettre de gaspiller des fonds dans cette guerre fratricide alors que toutes les ressources seraient idéalement déployer pour détrôner Donald Trump?
"But donors are already expressing concerns that the race has the potential to suck up money, attention and resources in Massachusetts that some feel would be better deployed against President Donald Trump and in states where Democrats could flip Republican Senate seats.
"Ed is gonna fight, fight, fight, and Joe has got his reputation on the line," said one Boston-based donor, who has not decided whether to support Kennedy or Markey. "Among the donor class, we're like 'Really? Really?' We've got a lot of other fish to fry, and this is one that we'd prefer not to, but so be it."
"Everybody I talk to says 'I love Joe, I love Ed.' You know, I think you'll see the establishment-type people gravitate toward Ed, and the more non-establishment-type people gravitate toward Joe," the donor added.
Markey and Kennedy have largely avoided each other since Kennedy‘s interest in his seat became known. When Markey addresses the convention Saturday, Kennedy wont be in the hall: he scheduled office hours on the other side of the state. But the 38-year-old congressman will make an appearance at the convention later in the afternoon.
Early polling shows Kennedy with an edge. He has a 14-percentage-point lead over Markey in a head-to-head match-up, according to a Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll conducted just after Labor Day. Against Markey and his already-announced Senate challengers, Steve Pemberton and Shannon Liss-Riordan, Kennedy leads by 9."
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