Back from the political graveyard: Marc Ambinder is reporting that former Massachusetts governor and 1988 presidential candidate Michael Dukakis is the most likely candidate to serve as a placeholder for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, as he is someone “who needs no education in the ways of policy and the Senate, and who would spend his five months faithfully tending to the senator's concerns and interests.” The state will have to first change its law that forbids Governor Deval Patrick from choosing a replacement before a special election is held.
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