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Sayhey
Jun 23, 2004, 04:43 PM
The State Senate of Massachusetts has passed a bill that would change how the Senate seat of John Kerry would be filled if he wins the November election. It could be pivotable in which party controls the Senate.

Senate approves bill creating special election to fill Kerry's seat

By Steve Leblanc, Associated Press, 6/23/2004 15:49

BOSTON (AP) If John Kerry is elected president, his seat in the U.S. Senate would be filled by the winner of a special election rather than a successor hand-picked by Republican Gov. Mitt Romney under a bill approved Wednesday by the Massachusetts Senate

Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/dailynews/175/region/Senate_approves_bill_creating_:.shtml)


Voltron
Jun 23, 2004, 05:49 PM
The State Senate of Massachusetts has passed a bill that would change how the Senate seat of John Kerry would be filled if he wins the November election. It could be pivotable in which party controls the Senate.



Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/dailynews/175/region/Senate_approves_bill_creating_:.shtml)
Would they have bothered if the governor was a democrat and Kerry was a republican?
skunk
Jun 23, 2004, 06:05 PM
It sounds like a much better idea anyway. Who does the Senator represent, his constituency or the Governor?
Voltron
Jun 23, 2004, 06:24 PM
It sounds like a much better idea anyway. Who does the Senator represent, his constituency or the Governor?Actually I agree it does make sense. However, if Kerry had been a republican and the governor a democrat think of the media's reporting on it? Think of the governor speaking on it the despicable republicans changing the law to fit their own agenda.
skunk
Jun 23, 2004, 06:28 PM
Actually I agree it does make sense. However, if Kerry had been a republican and the governor a democrat think of the media's reporting on it?
Who knows? Does it matter if it creates a better system?
LeeTom
Jun 23, 2004, 06:47 PM
Actually I agree it does make sense. However, if Kerry had been a republican and the governor a democrat think of the media's reporting on it? Think of the governor speaking on it the despicable republicans changing the law to fit their own agenda.

Well duh, that's because most people agree that Republicans are evil bastards! No headscratcher there...

Lee Tom
skunk
Jun 23, 2004, 06:52 PM
Well duh, that's because most people agree that Republicans are evil bastards! No headscratcher there...

Lee Tom
So there's a clear Democratic majority? Thank goodness! I was SO worried!
LeeTom
Jun 23, 2004, 06:58 PM
So there's a clear Democratic majority? Thank goodness! I was SO worried!

There's absolutely a clear Democratic majority... It's just not as clear when you only count people that vote.

Lee Tom