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Stereotypes are fun, aren't they? :roll:Modern day right wing Christians.......full of hate.
Stereotypes are fun, aren't they? :roll:Modern day right wing Christians.......full of hate.
They couldn't get their **** together in their own legislatures early in the 20th century, evidently. Little did they know that by ceding their right to appoint senators that they would eventually cede all the rest of their rights as well.Why the states ever gave that up, I have NO idea.
That string of words means something to somebody, I guess ...
Modern day right wing Christians.......full of hate.
In 2004, Massachusetts Democrats devised a plan to keep John Kerry's Senate seat in their party's hands by blocking Republican Governor Mitt Romney from naming an interim replacement should Senator Kerry win the White House. They forced a change in the state's succession law from exactly what Senator Kennedy is asking for today to the new requirement of a special election.
In June of 2004, the State Senate voted, almost entirely on party lines, to change the nearly century-old electoral rules and was able to stave off a veto from Governor Romney thereby assuring there would be no Republican appointed to the seat should Senator Kerry win the White House. Robert E. Travaglini, the State Senate's president at the time said, "This is an elected position, not an appointed position, and there's been a process that's evolved over a period of time where I believe the people should vote and voice their opinions in situations of significance."
Evidently the opinions of the people and their right to voice them are no longer significant. At least not according to the Democrats of Massachusetts.
TalkingSides.com - The Democrats' Favorite Strategy: When You're Losing Change The Rules
In Massachusetts do you really think it is going to matter?
What is the likelihood that the people are going to elect a Republican to replace Kennedy?
Let me give you a clue....ahhhh.....zero.
If it doesn't matter, perhaps we should leave the proccess the way it is, instead of letting chappaquidik kenedy change the rules./
It COULD matter if the healthcare legislation comes down to a close vote in the Senate after Kennedy's passing.
This is massachussets, they will replace leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death kennedy with an equally liberal player.
Of course but how quickly they do it is the salient point here. If healthcare comes to a vote before a successor is chosen or voted in there will be no Massachusettes senior Senator and no one taking his place for that period of time. In that case they will be a man short and the Dems could possibly lose the healthcare vote.