What am I missing here?
Does Palin need them to endorse her pick?
Democrat senator Elton got a post in the Obama administration.
His vacant seat has to be filled by a Democrat. The Democrat senators can bring forward recommendations for the Governor to pick. Since they only brought forward Oboob, anti-Palin hack Kertulla, Governor Palin picked Grussendorf, who is (now) a Democrat.
Any pick the Governor makes has to be approved by a simple majorityn (5 of 9) Democrats.