Posted on 09/30/2002 9:20:19 AM PDT by alisasny
Doug looked like a real MAN when he spoke to the press before. I hope the voters in NJ get a good look at him today and realize that they are being played for fools.
Brit just read a statement by Daschle, sounded supportive.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again for the zillionth time: Come January the RATS will be completely out of power on the federal level for the first time in fifty years. This absolutely seals it for the GOP. The Dems couldn't afford to lose a single seat, much less have one yanked out from under them ahead of time.
It is beautiful return karma for the Carnahan scam, don't you think? It'll be even more beautiful when that inept old biddy loses herself and has to clear out her office the next morning.
They are being played as if they are the African-American lobby. Use them to get elected and then ignore them until the next time.
-PJ
Good line, and a good thing to remember when dealing with the dims. The stakes are so high, the rewards to those "serving" us so great, that they're going to pull anything they can get away with.
There would be a legal challenge for sure because although the states have control over the mechanics of an election, I can't believe taking away the electorate's rights for such a period would be upheld.
Now, if Torch did resign and the Gov. appointed a Senator AND set a special election sometime between Nov. 5 and Jan 1 -- well, that might work 'cause you would not be extending the term of the office holder. Whoever won the 'special election' would take the seat at the normal time.
Yep. They know that have already lost with Toricelli, and are losing in other key races, and run the risk of losing the Senate and with it the Holy Grail -- Judgeships.
So they gamble that a court will award them a replacement dimo if they can find one (Laughtenberg, Bradley) to "do it for the cause". Or in the least they will have another FLA 2000 issue to inflame the base in November. In the least they end up with a tie or maybe even a majority in the Senate. This is the big game. What a show!
-PJ
You should be more forgiving(sob...) of your fellow public officials(another sob) for their 'mistakes'(sobbing some more)....
Mara drives me crazy, but as I once rode from DC to NY on an AMTRAk train that was delayed for two hours in Delaware with her and her toddler, I have much more respect for her. :-)
NEVER trust TV news for accurate reporting on a complex subject. Lip gloss, not intelligence, are the criteria for TV news reporting.
The Constitution specifies that every Senator serves only a six-year term. It also specifies the exact day on which Senatorial elections must be conducted. The Constitution is "the supreme Law" as its text says. Therefore:
Nothing in any state law, and nothing done by any state official, can either extend the term of any Senator, or delay or cancel any election to choose a new Senator.
In answer to an earlier question from a Florida FReeper, the Democrats have exactly two tactics in play here. 1) Get the NJ Supreme Court to agree to violate NJ law and let them put in another candidate beyond the deadline, or, 2) somehow blame the Republicans for the fact that they don't get to jam another candidate onto the NJ ballot.
Both tactics should fail miserably.
Congressman Billybob
Click for "Til Death Do Us Part."
"New Jersey law explicitly provides that when a vacancy occurs among primary nominees, the state committee of a political party committee may select a replacement candidate. N.J. Stat. § 19:13-20. However, this ballot replacement is only allowed when the vacancy occurs more than 51 days prior to the election. Id. Inside of this 51 day statutory window, a replacement candidate can not be put on the ballot. The only exception ever recognized by a New Jersey court was in the case of the death of a nominee. Petition of Koegh-Dwyer, 106 N.J. Super. 567, 256 A.2d 314 (1969), affirmed 54 N.J. 523, 257 A.2d 697. It is worth noting that the time limit was raised from 34 days to 51 days in 1985. Legislative history from the original statute states that time limit was included "to afford election official sufficient time in which to attend mechanics of preparing for general election." Kilmurray v. Gilfert, 10 N.J. 435, 91 A.2d 865 (1952)."
Are you #$&%#$%^#$ SERIOUS? You only have to be a resident thirty days in NJ?
Oh well, it still doesn't matter. They can't appoint anyone else, not even Bubba. All their escape routes end in an overturned decision by the SCOTUS.
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