MSNBC TV: Interim appointment or full appointment to replace Ted Kennedy off the table.

LLStarks

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Wed Aug-26-09 02:20 AM
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MSNBC TV: Interim appointment or full appointment to replace Ted Kennedy off the table.

Damn it.

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Uzybone

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Wed Aug-26-09 02:21 AM
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1. sucks, but its the law

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Sebastian Doyle

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Wed Aug-26-09 02:23 AM
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2. When did Nancy Pelosi become the governor of Massachusetts?

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GodlyDemocrat

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Wed Aug-26-09 02:24 AM
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3. Law of unintended consequences

Let this be a lesson

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me b zola

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Wed Aug-26-09 02:39 AM
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5. WTF does that mean?

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GodlyDemocrat

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Wed Aug-26-09 02:48 AM
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6. Mass changed the law to prevent Romney from appointing Kerry's successor in 2004

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BlueStater

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Wed Aug-26-09 02:26 AM
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4. Who could secede him?

Who do you guys think would do the best job of filling his seat? I'm not familar with most of the politicians in Massachusetts.

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Obamanaut

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Wed Aug-26-09 08:19 AM
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10. secede? nt

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redqueen

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Wed Aug-26-09 09:23 AM
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13. They obviously meant 'succeed'.

Come on... the context is pretty clear.

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Recursion

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Wed Aug-26-09 09:22 AM
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12. Frank and Capuano get mentioned a lot

Both Representatives in the Boston area.

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redqueen

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Wed Aug-26-09 09:23 AM
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14. I'd love to see Barney Frank in the Senate. (nt)

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rox63

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Wed Aug-26-09 09:29 AM
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16. Barney said on NPR this morning that he's not going to run for Ted's Senate seat

Edited on Wed Aug-26-09 09:29 AM by rox63

He's in a powerful position in the house, and he'd be the low man on the totem pole in the Senate.

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redqueen

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Wed Aug-26-09 09:33 AM
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17. Thanks...

I wish there was someone like Sanders in MA. We could use a lot more like him.

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JCMach1

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Wed Aug-26-09 04:16 AM
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7. Scary thought, but in a special election is there any chance we would have Sen. Mitt

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Tracer

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Wed Aug-26-09 08:05 AM
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8. No chance at all.

MA voters got burned with Mitt. It won't happen again.

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Jane Eyre

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Wed Aug-26-09 08:13 AM
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9. Are you sure?

That's what the law says now, but Sen. Kennedy himself wrote a letter urging the Mass. legislature to change the law so that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts would have full representation in the Senate when he could no longer serve. One of the reporters this morning stated that the state legislature is currently not in session but that this is a "fluid situation". So it would seem that the possibility exists that an emergency session could be called to change the law.

The current law, by the way, was put into place to keep a then-Republican governor from naming a successor to Sen. John Kerry should he have been elected President.

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Arkana

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Wed Aug-26-09 08:34 AM
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11. That's because the law for succession is the way it is--but if the MA

legislature has its way it won't stand for long. Andrew DeLeo, our Speaker, has just backed the proposal to change the law--and seeing as how there are a grand total of about 10 Republicans in the entire MA Congress, if the Dems want it done it will be done.

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upi402

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Wed Aug-26-09 09:25 AM
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15. Blue Dog "Dems" don't have an LBJ strong arm to reign them in either

They are free to completely control both parties now. It's a very sad day for America.

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Proud Liberal Dem

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Wed Aug-26-09 10:27 AM
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18. Who said this?

Edited on Wed Aug-26-09 10:27 AM by Proud Liberal Dem

I thought that they were looking to change the law. If they change the law, somebody is appointed to serve out the rest of the term, is somebody saying that they would refuse to seat him/her? What's going on (for us "cube rats")?
:shrug:

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WI_DEM

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Wed Aug-26-09 10:28 AM
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19. Great, now we have one less vote for the public option.

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