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Governor seeks `transformative' senator
Wouldn't comment on possible appointees
Updated: Friday, 18 Sep 2009, 9:22 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 18 Sep 2009, 1:26 PM EDT
RICHMOND, Mass. (AP) - Gov. Deval Patrick says the temporary senator he would choose to
replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy must watch out for
Massachusetts's parochial interests in Washington and stand up on
the "transformative issues" about health care reform and the
economy.
The Democrat says he has seen lists of names of possible
appointees but he won't comment. He says he hopes the Legislature
quickly gives him the power to make a temporary appointment while a
special election campaign is under way.
Kennedy died of brain cancer on Aug. 25.
The governor spoke at a news conference after meeting with
his Cabinet at a school near his Berkshire Mountains vacation home.
Patrick has been out of the Statehouse since having hip replacement
surgery on Sept. 1.
During the meeting, a single crutch lay on the floor beneath
his seat.
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