[Dianna]

I'd be surprised if NJ's rules were that lenient. Which would completely rule out X42.

I don't think this matters. The deadline for putting a different name on the ballot has passed. SO, they're going to try to say that votes for Torricelli will really be votes for whomever the Dem gov decides to appoint.

[marajade]

"SO, they're going to try to say that votes for Torricelli will really be votes for whomever the Dem gov decides to appoint."

I like my Governor, Hull. But I wouldn't want her to pick who my next Senator would be.

[concerned about politics]

The deadline for putting a different name on the ballot has passed. SO, they're going to try to say that votes for Torricelli will really be votes for whomever the Dem gov decides to appoint.

If there's no Democrat on the Ballet, the Republican wins. He has no opposition.

[Timesink]

I don't think this matters. The deadline for putting a different name on the ballot has passed. SO, they're going to try to say that votes for Torricelli will really be votes for whomever the Dem gov decides to appoint.

Regardless, McGreedy would still have to appoint someone who's qualified to serve under NJ state law. (He couldn't appoint a resident of North Dakota, for example.) Which totally rules out the horrifying concepting of Sen. Bill Clinton.