ABC OTUS News – Mon, Dec 24, 2012

Ted Kennedy, Jr., the eldest son of the late Ted Kennedy, will not run for Senate in the Massachusetts special election expected to take place in the summer of 2013 if John Kerry is confirmed as secretary of state.

Kennedy lives in Connecticut, but he had reportedly been mulling a run in the state where his family has a long legacy of public service. On Monday, however, he released a statement saying that he was grateful for "all of the offers of support" but that he didn't want to leave Connecticut, the Associated Press first reported.

Kennedy, 51, was one of several Democrats who had been speculated as potential candidates for the seat; Reps. Mike Capuano and Ed Markey are also commonly cited, and actor Ben Affleck has even made his way onto the list, although in a recent interview with GQ he seemed strongly opposed to the idea of entering into politics.

On the Republican side, out-going Sen. Scott Brown is widely expected to try and win back a Senate seat.

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forget Kennedy

Im relieved Affleck isnt running, I dont want his life ruined with politics and Id miss his contribution to movies,,,,

Affleck is lazy not stupid, he has his sights on the White House.

doesnt usually happen without running for a lesser seat first,,,

Ah, yes, but now we live in the age of the "Celebrity Politician".
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not the presidency

, I guess it could happen in the future

but hasnt happened yet,,(that I know of)

Well, see they didn't have "The View", "Ellen Degenerate" and such biased media sources back then. Look for an "Affleck/O'Donald or Affleck/Moore ticket.

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I still doubt it

most politicians run from a place of authority, from a history of privilege and/or authority, and havent really held 'working man' type jobs

I think Affleck does much better in the movie industry and has more of a love for it, than to throw it away for the political circus,, I mean, arena

The celebrity politician? Did you forget Ronald Reagan? What about: Clint Eastwood, Sonny Bono and that guy who played Gopher on the Love Boat, finally Al Franken. Rep- 5 Dems- 1

Im speaking about the presidency


Im not aware of a mere 'celebrity' president in the past century, who was not first 'celebrity' governor, or senator,,etc,,,

and Al Frankin doesn't count. he won via voter fraud.