#3
Christie will appoint some horrendous liberal (bruce springsteen?) and then we'll get another slew of articles about how he'll be the prohibitive GOP favorite in 2016...
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
06/03/2013 10:05 Comments ||
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#6
Given how Lautenberg regained the seat, does it make any difference who Christie appoints because anyone who is a Trunk will be challenged in the Jersey court system which will find that regardless of the state laws and constitution, the appointment must be a Donk.
#7
Normally I would be against appointing a squishy Republican chair warmer to this seat, but in this case it works to the Pubs' advantage. It will force the Dems to put time and treasure into retaining what was otherwise a safe seat. That in turn makes other seats harder to hold. It also denies the excreble Harry Reid of a vote he desperately needs to break filibusters. All in all good news for the country, though not for the Lautenberg family.
Christie is certainly trying to be Obama's favorite Republican, but appointing a Donk to this seat would be a step too far even for him. He'd be done as a Republican, and there are still people in the party who talk about him for national office. Why give that up? Switching parties hasn't worked out well for Spectre, Christ and others. Gov. Christie knows that.
#10
True, but the timing stinks. An appointee only serves for the remainer of the current term, which expires next year. The Donks will almost certainly take back the seat, so it won't directly help Pubs gain a majority.
Your point, though, about the value of a majority is well taken, especially as the excreable Harry Reid would more likely retire in 2016 if he were no longer majority leader...
#11
There will be a) interim appointment b) interim election, most likely November 2013 [same time of governor's election; NJ does state offices off-cycle], then c) regular election for a full term in November 2014.
Whoever Christie appoints serves until the interim election, and the person elected will serve a year until the next regular election.
My bet is that Christie appoints a suitable RINO since NJ is thoroughly a blue state.
Posted by: Steve White ||
06/03/2013 14:27 Comments ||
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#12
He only needs to put a seat warmer "R" rubber stamp in there - pref someone either very young or at the end of a career, and then run himself in 2014 (appointee serves remainder of term if its less than 2 years is what I recall hearing - or was that another state?)
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Bet we won't see the IRS investigating this one any time soon. There is a whole series on this organization in the San Jose, California area. The story was brought to light by a local freebee community paper that has decided to get into real investigative journalism. I would recommend perusing the site but not until you read this entire series on this particular organization. The local politicians have already started to retaliate against the paper claiming that a website link to backpage means the paper is involved in prostitution or something.
