At the age of 73, with four decades of service in Congress, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey is embracing a new role in his fight for re-election: Underdog
LAWRENCE, Mass. — At the age of 73, with four decades of service in Congress, Ed Markey is embracing a new role: Underdog.
suggested the campaigns meet to discuss the framework for future debates. Even behind-the-scenes, Markey’s campaign took an aggressive posture. Even though he's been in Congress since the Gerald Ford presidency, Markey does not have all the advantages an incumbent usually enjoys. Kennedy holds a double-digit lead in the polls, and Markey's name recognition and public approval ratings hover around 40 percent —
pledged to stop taking that kind of cash several weeks ago, and criticized Markey for not doing the same. But Markey's campaign says the senator alsoMarkey turned the tables. He hit back at Kennedy's criticism with a 30-second video featuring a clip of Kennedy pledging not to take corporate PAC money, followed by a list of corporate PAC donations Kennedy accepted before he took the pledge. The list was superimposed over a grainy photo of the congressman.
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