[VRWC_minion]

End of story.

Yes, and no. This red herring is a bait and switch. The real story is can the Rats substitute a new name for a losing candidate ?

[Political Junkie Too]

The real story is can the Rats substitute a new name for a losing candidate ?

Why stop with Torricelli? Why not substitute Carnahan in MO and Johnson in SD while they're at it?

-PJ

[Robert A Cook PE]

Quoting Shakepeare, "Ah, that's the rub..."

See, watch for Toricelli waiting until it is within 30 days of the election to ACTUALLY RESIGN ... "Announcements" to resign don't count as a "resignation."

Then the (democrat) governor gets to APPOINT a (democratic) fill-in (since the WITHDRAWAL is within 30 days of the election) ... who gets to STAY in the office until the next general election....

.... which is two years from Nov 5, of course.

See Carnahan's example: She didn't get elected, she got appointed to the Senate AFTER her husband "lost" the election by being VOTED IN as a dead man. (Ashcroft failed to fight....and was tossed out out.)

JUST LIKE ZELL MILLER. Appointed to the Senate by a democratic governor after Paul Coverdell's (sp) death.

Daschole NEVER GOT ELECTED Senate Majority Leader ... HE GOT HIMSELF APPOINTED by democratic governors, and after Jefford's changed sides by being bribed to get a committee chairmanship.

Only problem I see, other than the moral issue which the democrats don't care about, is that one could protest in court that the annoucnement of withdrawal (coming today - 36 days prior) means the official withdrawal (next week, within 30 days of the election) is a sham and cannot be "accepted".