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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:46 PM Original message |
If either Senator Clinton or Senator Obama get elected president... |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. No. Both states have Dem governors. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Not only that, but both of those Democratic governors are not up for re-election this cycle... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not in Clinton's case. I'd say probably not in Obama's either. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. No chance at all of that happening. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. What about when elections roll around? nt |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Even if there was a chance of either being replaced by a Republican, it wouldn't matter... |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I think Blago will. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. But to another Democrat, not to a Republican. |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. The senator(s) that are appointed would face election in 2010. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. The IL Republican party is moribund. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Blagojevich could appoint Lisa Madigan to that seat. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Like you say, I think she has her eyes on Blago's seat. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Robert F. Kennedy Junior, son of another 'carpetbagging' New York Senator, is said to |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Well, in the national party, |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. The machine might want Tammy to go to the House first. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I would think so too, but much as with Obama, |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. How does IL handle legislators and their districts? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Again, I don't see why Rahm would give up being chair of the Democratic Caucus and the DCCC... |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I seriously doubt Rahm would give up a powerful position in the House to become a junior senator. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Duckworth lost her bid, but narrowly, and in Henry Hyde's district. Keep in mind |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. which is pretty much why RFK Jr. is supporting Hillary Clinton . . . n/t |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. The biggest name among the Ill. reps is, of course, Rahm Emanuel... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. He just might! The House is several hudred rabidly ardent legislators, and |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yeah, those are all good points. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Now that's the best thought of the day. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. If HRC gets the nod, she'll be hauling his ass all over the state |
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Nailzberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. Vacancies in the Senate are filled by the executive of that state. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-22-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. In Illinois, a lot of people used just this scenario to convince themselves to... |
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