[Dianna]

The court held against him, because it held that the voters, knowing that the winning candidate was dead, intended to create a vacancy, so that a party committee could name a substitute.

Well here is the precedent for why we didn't go after Carnahan. Makes more sense now.

[hchutch]

Furthermore, her lack of class - despite Ashcroft's VERY gracious decision NOT to contest the election despite the St. Louis shenanigans - is probably going to bite her to an extent in 36 days...

[Political Junkie Too]

Except that that was a primary election, not the general election. The Senate rules said that the winning candidate of the general election had to be a resident of the state, and the dead aren't residents. Carnahan should have been disqualified, unless the courts wanted to extrapolate from one ruling to another. I can see creating a vacancy with intent for the primary, but not the real thing. Voters would be giving up their constitutional right to elect Senators if they intentionally created a vacancy to be filled by the governor.

-PJ