Many other potential candidates, including Ed Markey, a powerful congressman, are waiting to see what the Kennedys will do.
Alexi Giannoulias, the Democratic state treasurer, and Mark Kirk, a five-term Republican congressman, are in a tight battle for Mr Obama's old seat.
Mr Baucus, a Democratic senator, and Mr Camp, a Republican congressman, are touring the nation to drum up support for tax reform.Policy wonks have long dreamed of simplifying America's tax code.
And Mr. Emanuel is said to be eager to be out of Washington when - as expected - many of the Democratic lawmakers he personally recruited as a congressman are defeated in November.
With the help of a supporting cast (including Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes of "Jay and Silent Bob" fame), the governors and the former congressman are almost able, in song, to resolve the dissonance of this failed policy.
Canady has served as a Florida supreme court justice since 2008, but his eight years as a conservative Congressman are probably more elucidating in terms of his judicial philosophy.
