(CNN) -- It may be months before Edward Kennedy's Senate seat is filled, following his death at the age of 77 on Tuesday.
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Under Massachusetts law, a special election must be held 145 to 160 days after a Senate seat becomes vacant. The winner of that election serves the remainder of a senator's unexpired term.
A little further down the article:
Until 2004, Massachusetts law allowed the governor to appoint an immediate replacement in the event of a U.S. Senate vacancy. The heavily Democratic legislature changed the law, however, after Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry became the likely Democratic presidential nominee -- when Republican Mitt Romney was governor.
Got it? MA Dems screwed themselves on this one. They were so confident that Lurch was going to win in 2004 that they fell over themselves drafting a law to change how Senators were replaced should they leave office unexpectedly. Until 2004, the governor appointed someone to serve until the next general election. Because they were so afraid that Romney would appoint a Republican to fill Lurch's seat, they changed the rules mid-game...
And now it's biting them on the ass. Oh, the irony is delicious...
That is all.
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Of course they can always pass emergency legislation to change it back. For "Teddy" of course. Because they know that even in this moonbat state there is a chance that a Republican just might capitalize on the Democrats' decreasing popularity and win.
Senator Curt Schilling has a nice ring to it. :)
I was kinda thinkin' Senator Jay G.
Whaddya think? Feel up to working a campaign?
I'm still waiting to see if Daddy Joe can buy little Tedward out of this latest pickle. Either way, it's once again safe to drive on cape Cod.
Sure Jay, but I really think that Bruce is a better candidate for campaign manager.
A similar story over at MSNBC.com didn't bother to mention that little detail of how they changed the game back in '04.
Don't be surprised if a lot of Long Knives come out of the kitchen for the Democrat primaries in 2011. Case in point:
"[Sen. Feingold} is starting to be a bit of a liberal thorn in the President's (left) side and has some Democrats wondering if he may be plotting a 2012 primary challenge to Mr. Obama."
link at: http://www.mudvillegazette.com/032504.html
Because they know that even in this moonbat state there is a chance that a Republican just might capitalize on the Democrats' decreasing popularity and win.
I'd almost be willing to bet my house against that one. Two weeks before the election, when the grieving Kennedy family members hold a press conference and endorse the Dem candidate to, quote, "continue the work that Edward wanted enacted for the American people", every brain-dead female will once again go with emotion and cast the sympathy vote.
And after the shenanigans with Bob Torricelli & Frank Lautenberg, I wouldn't put it past some Dems to recreate laws on a daily basis in order to keep Republicans (aka, racists) from winning.
I see no hope that an R will win the special election ... and frankly, I'm not even convinced that a Massachusetts Republican will be much better than a Democrat in that seat. Taxachusetts is so liberal that a Republican in that state is farther left than a Texas Democrat.
Only two good things come out of this as far as I can see. One is that the newbie, whoever it is, will start at the very bottom of the Senate's power ladder, thus depriving Taxachusetts of the influence that the drunk slob used to wield. The other is that for the next 145 to 160 days, the Decepticrats don't have that sixty-vote supermajority.
Strange that there was no problem leaving the seat for the past several months that Teddy's been sick.
If you guys really want to replace Ted Kennedy and have some continuity of leadership in the Senate, I have a suggestion. Narrow your pool of candidates. Here's a list of qualifications:
1. Alcoholic. At least one DWI.
2. Convicted of negligent homicide or manslaughter.
3. Dedicated womanizer with delusions of grandeur.
If you can find a Kennedy that meets the criteria, all the better. If not, it may be time to pass the torch to a new generation of pompous, drunken, murderers.
hehehe :-) LOVE it!
If Ted hadn't had such a F'n big ego, he would have stepped down several months ago and given the State time to hold the election to replace him before he kicked the bucket. But he just had to hang in there until the end and now his favorite issue, health care, is in jeapardy without his vote.
Massachusetts, here is your petard. Light the fuse when ready to be hoisted.
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