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Maryland: Edward Kennedy

Wed, 08/27/2008 - 16:39

In Denver, Busch pumped for Clinton and Biden

By Danny Reiter, PolitickerMD.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=3211|title=Speaker Michael Busch (D-Annnapolis)|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=180|height=252]DENVER – It is the third day of the Democratic National Committee Convention, but the plane carrying state House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Annapolis) only touched down this afternoon.

“I’m excited about being on the floor tonight,” he told PolitickerMD.com, shortly after arriving.

Though Busch has been tuned into the convention via television, and said he was impressed by U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy’s Monday address.

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Tue, 08/26/2008 - 09:29

MDGOP to Dems: 'Come join with us'

By Politicker Staff

In a statement this morning, Maryland GOP chairman Jim Pelura knocked Democratic Party leaders and invited their rank and file followers to cross the aisle.

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Mon, 08/25/2008 - 23:04

O'Malley cheers Kennedy

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=3295|title=Gov. Martin O'Malley (D)|desc=Campaign Photo|link=popup|url=undefined|align=left|width=420|height=314]DENVER - Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) cheers U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) during his surprise speech during the first night of the Democratic National Committee Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

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Wed, 05/21/2008 - 08:31

Politico: Mikulski would succeed Kennedy to chair powerful committee

By Politicker Staff

With major business pending before it, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) chairs will need someone to take the reins during his medical absence.

But because it is customary that a senator chair no more than one committee at a time, Politico reports that the chairmanship may very well fall to fourth-in-line member, U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Baltimore).

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Tue, 05/20/2008 - 14:29

Mikulski calls Kennedy diagnosis 'a punch in the heart'

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=757|title=Mikulski & Kennedy|desc=In 1987|link=none|align=right|width=170|height=114]Cardin Reacts To Mass. Senator's Tumor

This afternoon, Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin issued reactions to Sen. Ted Kennedy's diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor, announced earlier this morning.

Mikulski and Kennedy have been close colleagues for more than two decades, serving together on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which Kennedy chairs.

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Sun, 02/10/2008 - 15:06

O'Malley fights for Clinton, dedicated to being a superdelegate

By Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter

Moments after urging a packed banquet hall of Democrats to vote for Sen. Hillary Clinton, Gov. Martin O'Malley reiterated his commitment to the delegate process and his standing as a superdelegate.

Superdelegates should be free to vote for their own candidates regardless of the given popular vote outcome in any given state, O'Malley said.

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Sun, 02/10/2008 - 14:13

Kennedy to speak in support of Obama

By Politicker Staff

Max Pizarro reports from the campaign trail that Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy will be speaking in support of Barack Obama at the Bethesda Conference Center.

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Mon, 01/28/2008 - 18:34

Mikulski knocks Kennedy endorsement as 'nostalgia'

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=757|title=Mikulski & Kennedy|desc=In 1987|link=none|align=right|width=170|height=114]Chides Her Chairman On The FutureSen. Barbara Mikulski, a staunch advocate for Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy, discounted Sen. Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama today, saying, "[I]t's not about who was inspirational in the past, but about who can get the job done in the future.”

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Mon, 01/28/2008 - 09:10

Reacting to endorsements, Kennedy Townsend compares Clinton to RFK

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=74|title=Kathleen Kennedy Townsend|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=100|height=131]Yesterday, former Lt. Gov. and frequent Hillary Clinton surrogate Kathleen Kennedy Townsend responded to the endorsements of Barack Obama from two of the most prominent members of her family, Sen. Ted Kennedy and once-first daughter Caroline Kennedy.

"I respect Caroline and Teddy's decision but I have made a different choice,” she said in a statement released by the Clinton campaign.

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Fri, 12/28/2007 - 18:30

Cardin will open pro forma session Jan. 18

By Politicker Staff

[img_assist|nid=464|title=Sen. Ben Cardin|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=170|height=113]Senator Ben Cardin is doing his part to keep Congress in session over the holiday break with the explicit purpose to stop President George W. Bush from making recess appointments.

On Friday, Jan. 18, Cardin will gavel the Senate open for new business, and then quickly declare the session closed. It is likely to last less than a minute.

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