Sep. 24, 2009 . Rich Noyes

Three days before Governor Deval Patrick named an interim replacement for the late Ted Kennedy, CNBC's John Harwood predicted the Senate seat would remain vacant until a January 2010 special election. Asked if Massachusetts would pass a special law allowing the governor to appoint a temporary replacement, Harwood shook his head: "I don’t think so. Doesn’t look like it."

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