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Who should fill an open senate seat?
This seems like such an obvious topic that I find it hard to believe
that no one has blogged on it yet, but I do not find any such post in
my (rather brief) search of the archives, so I thought that I would
write a post myself. One way or another, there is going to be an
empty senate seat in Jan 2009. Whether McCain, Clinton or Obama
wins, somebody who is in the senate now will not be in the senate
then. As such, a new senator will have to be chosen to fill that
slot. We are fortunate in that all three states in question (NY,
IL and AZ) have democratic governors, so that seat will almost
certainly be filled by a democrat.
With that in mind, who would you like to see fill that seat? More
to the point, whom do you <i>expect</i> to be
selected? Here is your chance to make a prediction and enjoy the
glory of bragging rights if you get it right next Jan.
My picks:
1) AZ - I predict that Gov Napolitano will pick Rep Gabrielle Giffords
(this is a complete guess; I know nothing about AZ, and while I would
like for Gov Napolitano to appoint herself, that seems unlikely, so I
just reached for the name of the only other AZ democrat in my memory).
2) IL - I predict that Gov Blajoejvich will appoint Atty Gen Lisa
Madigan because she is 1) very popular statewide and 2) a possible
primary rival to himself next go around. Also, I rather like Lisa
Madigan myself and think that she has proven a rather capable and
intelligent public servant.
3) NY - I predict that Gov Paterson will appoint Andrew Cuomo (this, like my AZ pick, is mostly an uninformed guess).
Comments (2)
April 11, 2008 5:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, that is a fact worth knowing. Thanks for pointing that out.
April 11, 2008 7:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
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