The Boston Globe offers this report, which begins: “Governor Deval L. Patrick, breaking his silence on the future of Edward M. Kennedy’s Senate seat, yesterday embraced Kennedy’s request that the governor be given the power to appoint someone to the seat until voters can choose a permanent successor in a special election.” I earlier expressed skepticism that this change would come through given the earlier cool response of state legislative leaders, but now news reports talk of momentum for this change in the state. Stay tuned.