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Senate balance pivots on ailing Democrat (Johnson)
Cape Cod Times ^ | Jan. 5, 2007 | Wire Reports

Posted on 01/06/2007 9:03:57 PM PST by FairOpinion

Johnson spent his 60th birthday last week in the intensive-care unit of George Washington University Hospital, where he has been in critical condition since emergency brain surgery Dec. 13.

He has not spoken since the surgery, said a spokeswoman, and he remains on a ventilator at night.

Johnson is up for re-election in two years, but until then no authority can remove him from office.

Should Johnson die, however, all eyes would be on Gov. Michael Rounds of South Dakota. He is a Republican, and would be under pressure to name a Republican to the Senate seat - thus giving control back to Republicans.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: balanceofpower; congress; democrats; democrattakeover; johnson; senatorjohnson; terrischivo
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I guess he can stay in vegetative state indefinitely and remain a Senator.
1 posted on 01/06/2007 9:04:00 PM PST by FairOpinion
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I guess he can stay in vegetative state indefinitely and remain a Senator.

With some of the current members it's hard to tell the difference.

2 posted on 01/06/2007 9:07:36 PM PST by Chuck54 (not yet..............)
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Most, if not all, Democrat senators are in a vegetative state.


3 posted on 01/06/2007 9:08:44 PM PST by skimask (People who care what you do don't matter.......People who matter don't care what you do.)
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To: FairOpinion

He may retain his seat, but the dems won't have his vote.


4 posted on 01/06/2007 9:08:48 PM PST by umgud (The profound is only so to those that it is.)
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To: umgud

that is true, unless they come up with a way for him to respond.


5 posted on 01/06/2007 9:12:26 PM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: umgud

Can Rounds appoint himself and then announce he's running for the Presidency and end our nightmarish slate of Rino candidates heading to slaughter??


6 posted on 01/06/2007 9:12:57 PM PST by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: FairOpinion

Watch the "kill Terri Shindler" jerks all change their tune on the talk shows and news programs.


7 posted on 01/06/2007 9:13:52 PM PST by SteveMcKing
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To: FairOpinion
"'One vote really shouldn't matter if senators keep their pledge and work in a bipartisan manner,' said Jim Manley..."

This had me laughing so hard I couldn't finish the article!

But really, prayers for his full recovery.

8 posted on 01/06/2007 9:17:29 PM PST by Theresawithanh (It's the end of the world as we know it, but I feel fine....)
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This is getting tawdry, absurd--to think that maintaining control is founded on a ventilator.

There is nothing in the laws about time frames to take the oath, other circumstances?
9 posted on 01/06/2007 9:17:46 PM PST by combat_boots (The MSM: State run Democrat media masquerading as corporations)
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Don't put anything past them. They want every vote to count. I wondered when they'd get around to mentioning that he hadn't spoken yet. That hemorrhage was one of the most serious types and isn't something that is recovered from quickly and some never recover.


10 posted on 01/06/2007 9:18:49 PM PST by Maelstorm (Global Warming is the great satan of the modern Nature religion called climatology.)
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I guess he can stay in vegetative state indefinitely and remain a Senator.

Just don't let Judge Greer know about it!!!!

11 posted on 01/06/2007 9:20:31 PM PST by Lexinom (Duncan Hunter 2008)
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For Johnson to be on a ventilator and still not speaking, he has to be in a bad way.

My husband has been on coumadin since he had an artificial valve put in, in 1994. In 2001 he had a bleed through into the right center portion of his brain. The C-Scan showed approximatle a three inch area of bleed. He was able to talk but had a hard time finding the correct words to use. He couldn't walk for over a month. He was in the hospital rehab for a month. With therapy he was able to overcome most of the effects. The only thing is it has slowed him down. I thank God every day for his recovery.

12 posted on 01/06/2007 9:20:49 PM PST by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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True. I hope they take it all the way and have him hit the talk show circuit. He's a donkey so all he will have to do is stomp his hoof in order to respond . They have no limits .


13 posted on 01/06/2007 9:22:01 PM PST by fantom
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that is true, unless they come up with a way for him to respond.


14 posted on 01/06/2007 9:25:21 PM PST by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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How did the dems take the majority if this guy wasn't there to vote?
15 posted on 01/06/2007 9:26:09 PM PST by kerryusama04 (Isa 8:20, Eze 22:26)
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Are there any laws on senate attendance?


16 posted on 01/06/2007 9:26:17 PM PST by DrGunsforHands
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To: kerryusama04

McCain voted in favor of it more than likely.


17 posted on 01/06/2007 9:28:36 PM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: FairOpinion

So by my count that still will leave us with 99 senators running for President. /s


18 posted on 01/06/2007 9:28:40 PM PST by quantim (Carcinoma Senatorus = Incurable cancer causing senators to think they're Presidential material.)
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To: kerryusama04

They have 51 senators. They still have a majority of 50 without his vote. The VP only votes if there's a tie.


19 posted on 01/06/2007 9:29:17 PM PST by DrGunsforHands
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To: FairOpinion

Tim Johnson is one of the few Democrats I can stomach and my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family at this difficult time. In the best of circumstances, he will have a long and difficult recovery. My problem is with the other Democrat Senators and the DBM. If this were a Republican Senator and the situation were reversed, they would be clamoring for him to step down so that he could be replaced and give control of the Senate to them.


20 posted on 01/06/2007 9:29:53 PM PST by srmorton (Choose life!)
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