I know he just died today, but enough already with the Ted Kennedy love-fest. The man has been marinated in alcohol since before Nixon was President and has spent about 12 years too many in the Senate, clinging to the family name of a dynasty that lost its relevancy even before the Germanies reunited. Senators are not supposed to have tenure for life – that’s reserved for Justices and professors.

The people of Massachusetts should be grateful that there’s now an open seat in the Senate for a candidate born after the launch of Sputnik.