[dfwgator]

Pallone out...Lautenberg in.

[aristeides]

If it's Lautenberg, that choice presumably will not get Torch's approval, and Torch will not resign.

[McGavin999]

If it's Lautenberg (according to Napolitano) the Torch won't resign. There was apparently a whole bunch of meeting where Toricelli went back and forth about quitting the race. The dems had all the county workers who would lose their jobs call him to put the pressure on him. Apparently this was worked out right before he had the press conference. The reason he didn't quit the Senate right away was because he wanted to be certain of who his replacement was going to be. He HATES Llautenberg.