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(You can listen to the un-edited interview above.  Note:  The sound quality is not terrific).

This was his first major interview with a blogger since becoming a candidate for the U.S. Senate.

As the presumed Republican nominee, Kennedy's campaign to oust incumbent Sen. Mary Landrieu is viewed as the only realistic chance Republicans have to take a Democratic seat this fall (check out the latest on Ladrieu's ties to Jack Abramoff).

One thing is abundantly clear:  Kennedy isn't running for Congress -- he's running against Congress.  A conservative reformer bent on changing things (not a bad strategy considering the toxic political atmosphere out there), Kennedy hopes to tap into some of anger voters currently have regarding all things Washington.