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"People are saying what in the world is going on with North Carolina, we look like Mississippi." - NC Gov. Bev Perdue (D) on the passage of Amendment One, 5-11-12
MA liberals: Let’s change the law we pushed for in 2004
… and let’s do it for Ted Kennedy!
BOSTON — A Democratic push to appoint a successor to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy is sparking a political tempest in Massachusetts, infuriating Republicans and dividing Democrats who only five years ago passed a law requiring that voters decide on Senate vacancies.
On a day when members of both parties paid their respects to Mr. Kennedy, a Democratic icon who died this week of brain cancer, Republicans accused Democrats of hypocrisy. In 2004, the state’s Democrat-controlled legislature changed the law to prevent the governor from appointing an interim successor after a U.S. Senate seat becomes vacant. Instead, the new law requires that a special election be held between 145 and 165 days after the position becomes vacant.
At the time, Democratic Sen. John Kerry was running for president and Massachusetts had a Republican governor, Mitt Romney. Proponents of changing the law argued that a gubernatorial appointment was undemocratic and that only voters should decide on a replacement. Democrats also feared Mr. Romney would appoint a Republican.
Now, with Mr. Kennedy dying three years before his term was up, some Massachusetts Democrats are reversing course, calling for Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint an interim replacement to hold office until the special election can be held. They now argue the state shouldn’t be without full Senate representation for months, especially with pressing issues such as health care before Congress.
Massachusetts Democrats. Gotta love ‘em.
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Our “well duh” moment for the day. Actually, I think that a law that requires a special election within 145 days, with the governor to make an interim appointment of someone who cannot run in the election is the best solution and should be a model for all states. Therefore, I hope that the MA legislature enacts it . . . but it should not apply ex post facto in this case!
The irony here is almost biting! I now believe in term limits for all politicians to eliminate the possibility of becoming complacent about their constituents. The idea that they know more about what is best for us than we do–is insulting, disrespectful, and outrageous.
How can you take these guys seriously?? Is it always “what’s best for the party” with Dems?? What happened to “ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for the country”?? There is at least one MAJOR difference between John and Ted. John wasn’t a party hack, who would do whatever it takes to ensure Dem power over the people. Hypocrisy thy name is Democrat. – Lorica
The libs are like children that always have to get their way. Just another example of unintended consequences of tinkering with things they should stay out of. And that tinkering better not end up being healthcare. Idiots!
The utter cluelessness (or simple not-caring) of how this move would look is just amazing and depressing.
They should have repealed the law as soon as the desired result was achieved in the first place. What were they thinking?
They were for electing replacement Senators before they were against it.
I agree! Deval should appoint a replacement. Pick one that will piss off EVERYBODY, totally gludge up the entire Senate, and derail everybody’s agenda in Congress. FUBAR the whole damned program, top to bottom and inside out.
I think Taxachusettes should reverse the 2004 law–it would be a near perfect memorial and monument to what Kennedy was.
Ant then they should appoint Caroline–Taxachusettes deserves it.
Ted voted 9 times in the 270 roll call votes this year. That is why this must be done right away. Massachusetts needs and deserves 2 full time Senators. Makes you wonder why the Massachusetts State House is said to be the only pawn shop in America with a golden dome.
Teddy. What a legacy. Not only was he an unindicted felon, but when I visited Boston several years ago one had to be careful not to take the wrong exit off the bridges because it would lead to a poorly blocked dead end over the river. He had gall making fun of the Alaskan “bridge to nowhere”, especially since I believe HE voted for it, too, and he had several such bridges himself. Makework for his faithful, I guess (meaning his faithful contributors, not voters.)
With the quality of American-loving people they send to Congress, maybe there’s something in the Constitution that gives us a way to throw that bunch of losers out of the Union. (There isn’t, but there also wasn’t a way to secede, either, and some states tried that.)
Easiest solution is to hand the selection off the the DNC chair. That way there’s no danger any non-Democrat could influence the process.
Tell me, when members of that party say “Democratic” do they smirk?
Ya know, I used to be a contractor, and when I went in to talk to the planning departments I would hear what they were saying but it didn’t make a lick of sense.
Then I became a building inspector and had to work with those earth-bound cherubim, and slowly discovered that, although they used what sounded like the English language it may as well have been Klingonese. I eventually gained an ability to understand most of it, but that took time.
It is the same way with liberalese. It may sound like English, but it may as well be Klingonese because it shore ’nuff don’t mean what it would if defined by a current English dictionary.
Teddy had that language mastered, hence, “Democratic” party. It certainly doesn’t mean what the dictionary defines as “democratic”.