Here is the link from JK's own High Command:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 27, 2008
CONTACT: Brigid O’Rourke
JOHN KERRY ENDORSES KEN DONNELLY FOR MASSACHUSETTS STATE SENATE
BOSTON - Senator John Kerry announced today that he is endorsing Ken Donnelly in the race for the 4th Middlesex Senate Seat. The Democratic Primary will be held on September 16th. Kerry joins a long list of supporters, from Rep. Jay Kaufman to the Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts to the Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters to the Mayor of Woburn to several local selectmen and women.
“For 35 years Ken Donnelly has been a tireless advocate on behalf of the labor community and working families. He understands the tough issues facing our state today. We need his tenacious, decisive and progressive leadership. I am proud to support the candidacy of this champion of working families. Ken Donnelly will lead the charge to improve the school system to prepare our children for the new economy, create alternative energy sources, and stabilize our state's economy to ensure a sustainable quality of life for the constituents of the 4th Middlesex,” said John Kerry.
Yadda yadda yadda, blah, blah, blah...y'all get th' picture.
The modalities here are pretty simple and stark, Massachusetts Firefighters went balls to the wall for John Kerry and their price (given JK's lamentable defeat in '04) is now the election of Ken Donnelly to the state senate. "Favors granted, favors returned" and nothing else.
Aligning himself with the Progressive dems of Massachusetts may also have some benefits for Kerry in a primary race where the state's junior senator is being challenged on the left.
This represents a significant endorsement for Donnelly and offsets somewhat his uneven debate performances around the district.
Still and all that, much of the current "Ken is a progressive" palaver obscures the fact that ideologically there is little difference between Ken Donnelly and Jack Hurd save on the issue of casino gambling.
But as I said, ideology isn't the main factor in this endorsement.
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