Thinking the unthinkable: Who could succeed Sen. Kennedy?
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WASHINGTON -- People in Massachusetts are thinking the unthinkable: Who possibly could succeed U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy? The news about the Massachusett Democrat's cancerous brain tumor has led to quiet speculation about whether he may try to handpick a successor. The Kennedys have not shied away from grooming family members for office. In 1962, Kennedy won the Senate seat that his brother, John, held before winning the presidency in 1960. With the senator's health in question, Kennedy's nephew, former Rep. Joseph Kennedy II, of Massachusetts is seen as a possible heir. There's also the possibility one the senator's sons, Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island or Edward Kennedy Jr. could run. But Brown University political science professor Wendy Schiller doubts a family member will succeed him, given the faded Kennedy mystique. -- The Associated Press 
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Am I the only one who finds such speculation tasteless? And, as Kathleen Kennedy Townsend might suggest, sexist?
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