I'm glad to see I wasn't the only person who had this (nasty) thought! I do hope he recovers and has all of his faculties, because a stroke is a horrible thing.
Still, that said, if he doesn't, I hope the GOP gov appoints a Republican, and a conservative one at that, to fill his spot. If the Dems had seriously wanted to cooperate, they would have; but they screamed this "bipartisanship" thing simply to prevent Bush from getting anything done, and unfortunately, he was decent enough to fall for it.
Only problem is the best GOP candidate for the seat IS the Governor.