The importance to us all of the 2010 Massachusetts Senate Election

[Redtail1949]

lol..... he is way better than the leftist lady in there now.

[Redtail1949]

listening to the news today...he may just pull it off...that would be fantastic.

[Oldshooter]

Heck redtail, it aint my call but if it were i'd vote for the three stooges over the Democratic machine in Mass. anyone would be an improvement. Lets keep the vigil! 

[alsaqr]

You are voting for evil when you vote for the lesser of two evils. 

[jimster]

I would like to see a Democrat lose there just for the simple reason it's a big burr under the saddle of some.  Not because I am thrilled with the republicans.

Hope the dems lose in Mass. just for my own personal enjoyment as a side show. 

[Oldshooter]

I would like to see a Democrat lose there just for the simple reason it's a big burr under the saddle of some.  Not because I am thrilled with the republicans.

Hope the dems lose in Mass. just for my own personal enjoyment as a side show. 

+1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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You are voting for evil when you vote for the lesser of two evils. 

 


I aint gonna go there cause we have beaten that horse way into the ground here! It needs to be buried or cooked and eaten!  Maybe we should start all political threads with that statement then it would not show up in the middle of a thread.   

[nomosendero]

You are voting for evil when you vote for the lesser of two evils. 

Is there a third choice in this election? If so, who is it.

I go along with that argument these days when it applys, but what is the application here?

[Redtail1949]

i believe he is gonna do it.....wow

[Redtail1949]

He did it and watch the Democrats scramble. Then watch just how low they can go trying to pass the bill. I glad it happened Obama and all...woke Americans up to just how left this Obama was going. We needed it to happen. They will pay now for sure....lmao

[Questor]

Now let's see what the Dems do to keep him out of the office until after the health care votes. This win is practically revolutionary.

[Oldshooter]

Now let's see what the Dems do to keep him out of the office until after the health care votes. This win is practically revolutionary.

You can say that again.............so i did!

[Questor]

Here's part of an article on that topic from usatoday:
Quote....
Since then, there have been nine other cases in which interim senators, appointed to fill the vacancies of senators who resigned or died in office, did not seek election to their posts. Three ceded their seats to their replacements within 48 hours of the election. In the six other cases, it was a matter of weeks before the new senators were sworn in.  Party affiliation doesn't appear to be the factor: Humphrey, a Democrat appointed to take the place of her late husband, Sen. (and LBJ's Vice President) Hubert Humphrey, stepped aside immediately when Republican Rudy Boschwitz was elected in Minnesota and Nicholas Brady, a Republican, let New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg get a head start on his seniority. But appointed Sen. Kaneaster Hodges Jr. of Arkansas made fellow Democrat David Pryor wait to take office until the official beginning of his term.
Here's the list:

1962: Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., elected Nov. 6;  sworn in Nov. 7
1964: Ross Bass, D-Tenn, elected Nov. 3; sworn in Nov. 4
1972: Bennett Johnston, D-La., elected Nov. 7; sworn in Nov. 14
1975: John Durkin, D-NH., elected Sept. 16; sworn in Sept. 18
1977: David Pryor, D-Ark., elected Nov. 7; sworn in Jan. 3, 1979
1978: Rudy Boschwitz, R-Minn., elected Nov. 7; sworn in Nov. 8
1982: Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., elected Nov. 2; sworn in Dec. 27
1992: Kent Conrad, D-N.D., elected Dec. 4; sworn in Dec. 14
1993: Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., elected Nov. 8; sworn in Dec. 2
2003: Norm Coleman, R-Minn., elected Nov. 5; sworn in Jan. 3, 2003