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WV Senate: a what-if scenario
Vanity / Speculation
| 5/1/06
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Posted on 05/02/2006 11:02:47 AM PDT by Salgak
As many of you here in West Virginia know, Senator Byrd's wife died recently. And that he was married for 55+ years.
Which means the 6-month rule may come into play: i.e. with long, stable marriages, spouses often die within 6 months of each other. . .
Which, in turn, means we may well be looking at an Open Seat, come November, or, alternately, Senator Byrd dying AFTER filing/nominating dates close: the "Missouri" scenario that bit John Ashcroft.
So, putting on my old hat as a contingency planner (acquired while I was in the Air Force). . . . what WOULD we do if Senator Byrd died suddenly, and which candidate would best be suited to win should that happen. . . ????
TOPICS: US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: byrd; letuspray; lewis; prediction; raese; schuller; senate; speculation; speculative
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:02:50 AM PDT
by
Salgak
To: Salgak
I thought he was married to the US Senate?
To: Salgak
John Raese is already running against the klansman.
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:06:34 AM PDT
by
mnehring
(http://abaraxas.blogspot.com)
To: Salgak
Byrd needs to retire. before nature retires him.
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:10:55 AM PDT
by
se_ohio_young_conservative
(God makes us strong for alittle while so that we can protect the weak.)
To: Semper Paratus
I thought he was married to the US Senate?
That died decades ago, maybe this is his second wife.
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:12:46 AM PDT
by
sittnick
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Salgak
I'd prefer to watch Byrd go down to defeat in a standup election. Speculating on his demise is just as bad the RATS ghoulish Strom Thurmond death watch in 2001-02.
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:13:40 AM PDT
by
ABG(anybody but Gore)
("By the time I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish you felt this good again" - Jack Bauer)
To: sittnick
maybe this is his second wife. "Big Love"
To: Salgak
what WOULD we do if Senator Byrd died suddenly We'd send our thoughts and prayers to his family and friends, of course...
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:17:11 AM PDT
by
BreitbartSentMe
(Ex-Dem since 2001 *Folding@Home for the Gipper - Join the FReeper Folders*)
To: Salgak
An interesting scenario but in some ways Byrd reminds me of what my father used to say about one of my great uncles: he can't buy his way into heaven, and he's so bad the Devil doesn't want him, so he keeps on living just to spite the rest of us. Byrd may just keep going on and on powered by sheer meanness.
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:18:12 AM PDT
by
chimera
To: Bush_Democrat
yes we would. that is how we are.
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:18:40 AM PDT
by
se_ohio_young_conservative
(God makes us strong for alittle while so that we can protect the weak.)
To: Salgak
what WOULD we do if Senator Byrd died suddenly Yeah, who would carry Byrd's white hood for the Democrats?
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:18:58 AM PDT
by
D-Chivas
To: Salgak
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:19:19 AM PDT
by
rivang
To: Salgak
Which means the 6-month rule may come into play: i.e. with long, stable marriages, spouses often die within 6 months of each other. . .
Wow. That would be a shame.
No, really. Why are you looking at me like that?
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:21:17 AM PDT
by
trubluolyguy
(It wasn't the spikes that kept Him on the cross.)
To: Salgak
Which means the 6-month rule may come into play: i.e. with long, stable marriages, spouses often die within 6 months of each other. . .
I don't think that rule applies to the U.S. Congress. Henry Hyde's wife died years ago. Of course, Jean Carnahan herself is still with us. Theresa Heinz Kerry is still with us. And don't even get me started on Strom Thurmond!!
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:22:29 AM PDT
by
sittnick
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: D-Chivas; AuH2ORepublican; JohnnyZ; Clemenza; Clintonfatigued; Kuksool; Torie
"Yeah, who would carry Byrd's white hood for the Democrats?"
How 'bout this guy ? The Klansman's Chief fundraiser, ole Stepinfetchit himself.
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:54:13 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
To: Salgak
what WOULD we do if Senator Byrd died suddenly
Send sympathy cards to the Devil?
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:55:12 AM PDT
by
mkjessup
(The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
That would be lovely. But this is also West Virginia in 2006, and a stand-up defeat is NOT going to happen, not against the Pork King of the Beltway. . .
So again, I ask, if the scenario occurs, which of our current candidates is best-suited to exploit it to a victory, and why ??
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posted on
05/02/2006 12:22:56 PM PDT
by
Salgak
(Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
To: Semper Paratus
he had a nice white burka at one point....
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posted on
05/02/2006 12:24:56 PM PDT
by
colonialhk
(sooprize sooprize sooprize)
To: Salgak
The state DNC would appoint someone if Byrd won posthumously. If he were to die after the election, the governor would get to pick his replacement. I wonder who Joe would pick??
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posted on
05/02/2006 1:53:08 PM PDT
by
FreeInWV
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