WILL THE NEXT SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS BE DEVAL PATRICK? OR ... BARNEY FRANK?

THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT.

I THINK PATRICK - WHO'S CRASHING AT THE POLLS AS GOVERNOR - WILL SEE THIS AS A CHANCE TO ESCAPE AND APPOINT HIMSELF.

• OR WILL WE GET SENATOR BARNEY FRANK? OR SENATOR DELAHUNT? OR SENATOR MARKEY? OR SENATOR NIKI TSONGAS?

• OR DOES GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK HAVE TO NOMINATE A KENNEDY? AND WILL CAROLINE MOVE TO BOSTON???