[RightOnline]

They're now saying that if someone steps down within 51 days of an election, his/her Party may NOT appoint a replacement. That's NJ law; reported on FNC just now by Shepard Smith.

[Miss Marple]

I am still wondering why he is going through this now. If the Rats were even half-way confident they would just put their money into other races and ignore Torch, hoping for the best.

BUT, if something is about to come out on Torricelli, maybe this is why they are dumping him.

[Southack]

"They're now saying that if someone steps down within 51 days of an election, his/her Party may NOT appoint a replacement. That's NJ law; reported on FNC just now by Shepard Smith."

Yes, but you're presuming that there will be an election.

NJ is a corrupt Democratic machine-state, and it's written election law (unconstitutional as it is), permits the governor to appoint a Senator immediately to replace Torricelli after he resigns, and if the Torch resigns within 30 days of the November 5 election, then the governor can CANCEL the election (per said bad law) and wait as long as two years before anyone gets to vote (at which point, the trick can be repeated 1 day prior to the new election).