[Oldeconomybuyer]

[FlingWingFlyer]

He’s a ‘RAT. The fix is already in. Case dismissed.

[be-baw]

Seems like it has been years since Menendez was charged...

[Ancesthntr]

“Even a bribery conviction would not automatically force Mr. Menendez from office, under the Senate rules. He would either have to voluntarily resign his seat, or two-thirds of his Senate colleagues — meaning 15 Democrats — would have to vote to expel him.”

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Wouldn’t that be a felony? If so, doesn’t such a conviction make him ineligible to hold federal office?

[SandRat]

I’m SMILING to myself and enjoying the my Smile

[LIConFem]

Even if Menendez was convicted and removed from the Senate, Christie would likely appoint a democrat to fill his spot. I don’t trust authoritarian gun-grabbers.

[Phlap]

A Democrat senator is on trial? I’m shocked.</sarcasm>

[ScottinVA]

Menendez was the inserted candidate when Torricelli had to bow out back in 2002. Though the deadline for replacing the Torch had long passed, the dems bought and paid a “judge” to rule in their favor and run Menendez.

[dragnet2]

Even a bribery conviction would not automatically force Mr. Menendez from office, under the Senate rules.

Well no s**t! The politicians in D.C. are completely isolated and insulated from the punitive BS middle America tax paying peons are forced to put up with on a daily basis.

[pstwwl]

Don’t count on Christie appointing a Republican replacement. When Democrat Senator Frank Lautenberg died in office in 2013, Christie could have appointed a Republican replacement, but instead he called a special election which resulted in the election of Cory Booker. There could have been one more GOP Senator for at least 18 months, but Christie was running for re-election and he thought it would hurt re-election chances slightly to appoint a GOP Senator. He put his own political prospects ahead of the country. One of the big reasons I lost all respect for him.

[Gen.Blather]

On crucial issues I don’t believe any senator’s vote is a surprise. I suspect the big votes are as up in the air as the end of a kabuki play. I believe that a senator’s vote depends not on ideology or convictions, but on what he getting out of voting for, rather than against. So, one more vote won’t matter that much in the grand scheme of things. Especially when you consider that several “Republicans” are left of center and outside the stated Republican core values. That one vote loss would probably have been orchestrated even if the Republicans had five more seats. Besides, look who is picking the replacement senator; Mr. I heart Obama.

[JimRed]

When will he be tried (along with BillyJeff and others) for his rides on the Lolita Express?

[Robert357]

I guess not only do elections have consequences, but hopefully crimes even for Democrats will have consequences.

Lock him up.

[nobamanomore]

By the first sentence, you can see that the NYT is more worried that he’ll be replaced by a Republican than whether Menendez is guilty of bribery!

[SeeSharp]

Even a bribery conviction would not automatically force Mr. Menendez from office, under the Senate rules. He would either have to voluntarily resign his seat, or two-thirds of his Senate colleagues — meaning 15 Democrats — would have to vote to expel him.

Anybody think this will happen?

[arthurus]

Don’t these trials drag on for loooong times?