Ask Al.
Posted on 12/13/2006 12:46:10 PM PST by leadpenny
Edited on 12/13/2006 2:04:33 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
How long before dems start calling for the replacement to be Daschle?
Oh my. God help him and his family.
oh boy, "apparent stroke" is scarey because a more likely scenario for his age is a ruptured aneurysm. God be with him and his family in any case
Reid:
A little after noon he felt ill while in his Hart SOB office. He was taken to GWU Hospital. Nothing on AP or Capitol News via C-SPAN.
Oh my. God help him and his family.
"It would show a great deal of bipartisanship"
It would also show stupidity...
He's in God's hands now.
I disagree. Just because a tragedy happens is no reason to ignore the fact that the voters voted for a Republican Governor in South Dakota, and, thusly, endorsed him to chose who to appoint in such situations, which would presumably be a Republican.
If it weren't for Senator Johnson's personal popularity, there is no assurance that they would have picked another Democrat over a Republican. Actually, his victory in 2002 was razor thin, and there is reason to believe they would have instead picked a Republican if it were another Democrat.
{that's even if they really picked Senator Johnson in the first place, his 524 vote victory in 2002 had major legal issues, which John Thune (whom, I sure you know, unseated Dashle 2 years later and is now Johnson's colleague in the Senate) chose not to persue.}
As someone has already pointed out, When Coverdell died in Georgia, a Democrat was appointed to take his place (even if it was Zell, at the time, nobody knew Zell would turn out the way he did). There isn't any historical reason to appoint a Democrat either.
Anyhow, I hope all this is irrelevant, because I wish Senator Johnson a full and speedy recovery, and the ability to fill the term to which he was elected. But should the worst happen, there is no compelling reason for Gov. Rounds to ignore the fact that the voters elected him as a Republican, and gave him the authority to appoint people in the event of a Senate vacancy, and that his supporters undoubtedly believed that it would be a Republican in that unfortunate event.
I don't see anything on the AP wire either, nor on CNN or Fox. I wonder if MSNBC got burned.
Some of us, others not.
As regards your tagline, Duncan Hunter is the closest guy running to Ronald Reagan. Not surprisingly, Hunter is also the only candidate who was involved with the Reagan 76 campaign.
in 10 minutes.
That's how I lost my dad in 1998. I still miss him.
I just checked his web site, he looks like a nice guy, even if he is a Democrat. He's had some health problems in the past, prostrate cancer, but that shouldn't have anything to do with an apparent stroke. Lot's of strokes cause no permanent damage, so maybe this will be one of that type.
Ask Al.
Only problem is the best GOP candidate for the seat IS the Governor.
He is very young, 60 another post said, politics aside, I hope for a full recovery. And I would say and feel the same for any Dem who got sick..
Good post!
Let me add my prayers for a speedy and complete recovery.
Appropos of "bipartisanship" - having a Republican Governor appoint a democratic replacment (should that prove necessary) - forget it.
Do you really think if the shoe were on the other foot - that a democrat governor would appoint a Republican replacement? If you think so - I have a nice parcel of land to sell you in Mexico on the seacoast (where non-Mexicans aren't allowed to own land).
Remember the screams for "bipartisan powersharing" when the Republicans had a one seat majority? (When Jeffords jumped). Where are the screams for "powersharing" now that they have a one seat majority?
All I see are smirks a la Schumer and Reid.
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