Posted on 09/30/2002 9:20:19 AM PDT by alisasny
Opine away : )
Hard to tell...but probably if the precedent started by Torecelli's handlers is allowed to stand. THIS TACTIC WILL HAVE NATIONAL CONSEQUENSES, DEFINITELY!! LONG TERM!!
I'm really getting nervous...and when I get nervous, I get angry...so I think I'll log off and kick a few inanimate objects around the house, finish making a late supper....kick a few MORE inanimate objects around the house....FUME for hours, then go to bed.
If you find those words in the statute, I will cease being an arrogrant pig on these boards for 48 hours.
Could be the gambit. Wow! Just amazing.
I think they're frightening too.
Are you saying that the courts will make an exception for death, not for scandal?? How can we be so sure the court won't stray? Obviously, I agree, no write in campaign could work. Bubba wouldn't really run, and even he might have trouble.
Glad you posted that. I hear that too, and wondered what he meant.
Not as the Democratic Party candidate he can't. That alone will cause his voter pool to split, assuring a Forrester victory. (To say nothing of the absolute OUTRAGE a huge percentage of New Jerseyans - not just Republicans - would feel about being so obviously used like that. Even Hillary at least went to New York, got herself nominated and ran an actual campaign.)
Yes, he definitely DID say he was forfeiting in order to keep the seat out of Republican hands. Well, he didn't say "forfeit", but he said he was dropping OUT of the race in order to keep the seat out of Republican hands.
19:3-26. Vacancies in United States senate; election to fill; temporary appointment by governor
If a vacancy shall happen in the representation of this state in the United States senate, it shall be filled at the general election next succeeding the happening thereof, unless such vacancy shall happen within thirty days next preceding such election, in which case it shall be filled by election at the second succeeding general election, unless the governor of this state shall deem it advisable to call a special election therefor, which he is authorized hereby to do.
The governor of this state may make a temporary appointment of a senator of the United States from this state whenever a vacancy shall occur by reason of any cause other than the expiration of the term; and such appointee shall serve as such senator until a special election or general election shall have been held pursuant to law and the board of state canvassers can deliver to his successor a certificate of election.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the dims have other tricks up their sleeves for the other seats in jeopardy.
That's the ticket! I'm sure the talking points to that effect are being circulated as we speak!
Whatever they do, it will be for the Rat cause--legal or not. Standard MO is to use it illegally and to just pay the fines later...
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