[maica]

State law would have been somewhat clearer if Torricelli had resigned from the Senate.

McGreevey would have named a replacement. The Senate election in five weeks would have selected a candidate who would have taken office immediately -- unless Torricelli had delayed his resignation until Oct. 6 or later, when the rules would have gotten far more complex.

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All the proof that is needed that the NJ dems are trying to manipulate the process of voting!

We must all use the word FORFEIT every time we hear the word Torricelli.

An immediate resignation would have tipped the balance in the Senate, however briefly, to the Republicans.

I hope average American sometime voters wake up to this openly contemptuous manipulation of our system of electing of representatives in Washington. Those 100 men and women have too much control over our lives as it is.

Hijacking the process cannot stand.

[Phantom Lord]

A Torch resignation would not have given the GOP control of the senate. It would have been 49-49-1 with Jeffords voting with the dems so they would have had an organizational advantage of 1 vote.