AP: RFK's Grandson Decides Against Run for US House

[flpoljunkie]

RFK's grandson decides against run for US House
By GLEN JOHNSON

The Associated Press
Sunday, February 28, 2010; 5:15 PM

BOSTON -- Joseph P. Kennedy III, the son of a former congressman and the grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, said Sunday he had decided against running for the U.S. House from Massachusetts this year.

Kennedy told The Associated Press that he wants to remain in his new job as a prosecutor in Cape Cod's Barnstable County. The 29-year-old Stanford University and Harvard Law graduate has held the post only for eight months.

"I've got a job I love being an assistant district attorney on the Cape, and I want to get better at it at this point," Kennedy said. "I know serving in Congress would be a great job, but I've got a great job."

A top state Democrat said Saturday that Kennedy was weighing a race if Rep. William Delahunt were to decide against seeking re-election in the 10th Congressional District, which encompasses the Massachusetts South Shore and Cape Cod.

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[Ninga]

1. When the genes and the spirit get into sync, it's a beautiful thing. Too bad.

[femmocrat]

2. Disappointing, but he's young. He has lots of time.

Is Delahunt staying in then?

[kestrel91316]

3. His great-grandfather was a bootlegger. That automatically makes him evil

and unqualified, according to some on DU.

Let's all go to MA and spit on him.

[Cha]

5. Ha! You have to take the whole measure

of a person or you render yourself ignorant.

I know you don't think that way, kestrel.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. He can run at a later time.