Curt Schilling has recently quoted that he has interest in trying for Kennedy's seat. This is a good thing. He is a long time Republican supporter and helped campaign for Bush and Mccain.
For those of you who don't know him, he is a bad ass pitcher and helped the Red Sox win two World Series(hey dean, this is the super bowl of major league baseball. Baseball is the one with four bases and people try to hit the ball with a bat.)
I think this can actually work. Schilling has a lot of fans in Mass. The Republicans would no doubt vote for him and he would pull some fans from the left as well. This could give the Republicans a previously long democratic seat. You have to remember that sports are paramount in New England. He gave them two world series rings and pulled Boston out of the 100 year long curse since Babe Ruth left the team. They'll give him anything over there.
One thing that I forgot to say, I don't know how smart he is. He is just a Republican and that was good enough for me. Anything can be better than Kennedy, RIP.
ReplyDeleteIt's not good for me to admit these things though. I constantly bash democrats for voting for their candidates because of irrelevant qualities like: being black, supporting change, hope, etc. I am pulling for Schilling strictly because he is Republican. Not a very good reason, but as I already mentioned, the fact that he did for the Sox what he did, may be the best chance the republicans have for getting anyone in that seat.
Yeah, this is good news to have a popular figure run as a Republican in Massachusetts. You can bet that his ideals are closer to yours than whoever the Democratic nominee is, so that makes your choice at least partially rational as opposed to wholly emotional. As we just elected a Community Organizer, part-time Senator our Commander in Chief, I don't think his opponents can use Experience as an argument any longer, though I think that Conservatives need to continue to strongly consider experience. Hopefully, by 2012, the rest of the country will start to consider experience again when they cast their vote.
ReplyDeleteThose that vote for him solely for his performance as a Red Sox pitcher would be entirely emotional.
I would think that he would be better than the "Liberal Lion". You don't get much more than Kennedy. So I think he would be better than Kennedy and probably better than any liberal that will likely replace him.
ReplyDeleteI think his ability as a baseball player would not reflect a great deal on his ability to perform as a Senator.