Reply #25: Louisiana has special rules on nominations, but not interim appointments... [View All]

... if I read this page correctly, so no "Wyoming rule"!!

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:IOXoQBEGvYIJ:www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Vacancies.pdf

It would indicate to me that we could get a Democratic replacement if Vitter resigns. Perhaps we can have a countdown until independence from Lieberman? Then we can tell Susan Collins that she has a time limit to switch to the Democratic Party if she wants Lieberman's Homeland Security Committee leadership position. If she doesn't join soon, BOTH she and he get the boot and someone else gets that chairmanship (maybe the new person that gets appointed as senator!). Then she will be going DOWN in 2008!

BTW, looking here, it also says that Wisconsin requires a special election to fill their vacancies. That's not too helpful if we want Feingold in on the 2008 presidential ticket. The Wisconsin governor wouldn't be able to "appoint" his successor if he was on the winning ticket, and we'd risk having him replaced with a Rethug! Ugh!