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To: MAD-AS-HELL

Not sure of the protocols, but wouldn’t be great if she appointed herself as Senator. Sweet Revenge.


17 posted on 11/05/2008 3:47:15 AM PST by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: catfish1957; Malesherbes
Not sure of the protocols, but wouldn’t be great if she appointed herself as Senator. Sweet Revenge.

Bad idea. A governor in Minnesota (Lowell Anderson) did that back in the 70's: he resigned, and his Lt. Governor succeeded him -- then appointed him to the Senate.

In the next election, the resulting outrage swept the opposite party into the Governor office and both Senate seats.

28 posted on 11/05/2008 4:25:16 AM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: catfish1957
Not sure of the protocols, but wouldn’t be great if she appointed herself as Senator. Sweet Revenge.

Technically, governors don't "appoint themselves" to the Senate. Technically, what happens is that the governor resignes, then the Lt. Gov. succeeds and appoints his predecessor to the Senate. (Usually, they prearrange that.)

44 posted on 11/05/2008 6:31:17 AM PST by TBP
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