SM: Who’s Next Teddy, Tip, Mike?

Who is going to follow Ted Kennedy? The bigger than life Senator? The likes of Tip O’Neil, Mike Mansfield.  Sam Huston … whether you like them or not , they were bigger than life. People could name them and not name their own congressperson. It isn’t longevity, because Green, Byrd, Thurmond, Johnson, Pepper, Foley, Wilson and Hatch were/are forces to be reckon with, but not to the point of these men above/ Simple Mind .

• Cartoons /Chronic Discontent
• Cry wolf /Dogwalk Musings
• The fair /It’s Just Me
• Naming things /Rants, Raves, & Random Thoughts
• War face /Skookum Photography
• One Long Trill /Tumblewords
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Question (from Simple Mind): Where will our next bigger than life congress person come from? (It could be a woman … but I kind of doubt it.)

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