To: dfwgator
I think if an appointment needs to happen, it should be the challenger since the vote totals were so close. And yes, I would say that, too, if the political roles were switched.
85 posted on
12/13/2006 1:06:03 PM PST by
rintense
(Liberals stand for nothing and are against everything- unless it benefits them.)
To: rintense
I think if an appointment needs to happen, it should be the challenger since the vote totals were so close.In that case it would be Thune, but he's already the other Senator from SD.
89 posted on
12/13/2006 1:07:31 PM PST by
dfwgator
To: rintense
This was the senator who called right-wing republicans "The Taliban"
130 posted on
12/13/2006 1:17:24 PM PST by
cusack7080
(Captain of industry. Please you see!)
To: rintense
Get with the program. The "narrow loser" to Johnson in Johnson's last election, is John Thune, who is now in the Senate on his own. There is no requirement that a Governor in appointing a new Senator to fill a vacancy, appoint any particular person for any particular reason.
Look for example at Governor Corzine's appointment of Rep, Menendez, a fellow Democrat crook, to the Senate. The rule of politics is to win, and then hold office. It's as simple as that.
Congressman Billybob
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