move to deny the right of the people to vote for their representatives.

RICHMOND, Mass. -- Gov. Deval Patrick said Friday that President Barack Obama had personally talked to him about changing the Senate succession law in Massachusetts, and White House aides were pushing for him to gain the power to temporarily replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy amid the administration's health care push.

They changed the law previously do deny a Republican from appointing a replacement for Kerry should he have won the white house.


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