The Real Reason for Joe Kennedy’s Historic Senate Primary Defeat

The three main reasons I’ve heard in the media for Joe Kennedy III’s defeat: not a clear enough campaign message, didn’t go negative soon…

Joe Kennedy (Left) and Ed Markey (Right). (Official Portraits)

The three main reasons I’ve heard in the media for Joe Kennedy III’s defeat: not a clear enough campaign message, didn’t go negative soon enough, didn’t go far enough left.

But those three reasons are weak because Kennedy started with a 10-point lead in the polls so the onus was on Markey to d…