[SteveH]

It seems to me that one way to get a silver lining out of all this is for everyone across the US immediately to take every public advantage to put every elected Democrat Congresscritter on the spot to answer whether or not they support the NJ Democrats and activist NJSC on this issue.

Along this line of thinking...

Anyone have the US Code cite for the 45 day rule for overseas servicepeople?

What are the known issuances of support by the DNC for the NJSC opinion? (I don't see anything beyond Sept. 30 for NJ on its web site.)

If the local Democrats answer that they are not aware of the controversy, either point them to the DNC (if it has issued a relevant statement by then) or just hammer away at the need to respect the one-person one-vote rule by disallowing appointed candidates.

I think the Demos have exhausted their strategies and are now down to triage. The weakness is that it won't play well nationwide.

[coder2]

Did anyone else watch Laurie Dhue on the news just before the O'Reilly Factor ??

Maybe my ears failed me, but I could have sworn she said that the USSC would hear this case tomorrow...

OK --- I'm probably losing it --- did anyone else hear something like this ???

[dhfnc]

You at least have a good idea about asking every Demo what he thinks of the ruling.

Someone, please give me a glimmer of hope - I am really down! Just don't know what to think!

[HiTech RedNeck]

The weakness is that it won't play well nationwide.

30 years ago that would have been the case. Today it resonates with the "count all the votes" mantra. (What happens to the Forrester/Torch ballots, however, that came in before the switch? Do those get thrown away? Do Torch votes get switched to Lautenberg?)