“I am running against somebody who’s been in elective office in Massachusetts for 47 years,” Rep. Kennedy, 39, said Thursday, rattling off the extent of his opponent’s career in politics. ADADYet Morse and Kennedy find themselves in opposite corners of today’s Democratic moment, a political interchange that is confusing with its mixed paths of generational challenges and ideological purity tests. ADADWins by Neal, 71, and Kennedy would suggest that being a familiar figure is still the best thing in politics. ADIn western Massachusetts, Neal has grown tired of such attacks from Morse, an openly gay politician who was elected mayor at age 22. He has alleged that a group of college Democrats close to Neal ran a “coordinated political attack” on him that was homophobic in nature.

Source: Washington Post August 22, 2020 11:05 UTC