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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 08:06 PM Original message |
Poll question: When Should a Sitting Member of Congress/Senator Running for President Resign? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are there no hard and fast rules about this? Isn't there a time limit? I |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I would think a couple of things would have to be taken into |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 08:24 PM Original message |
Another bullshit diversionary non-issue. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. Their Constituents... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. But rarely do. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'm Asking for Opinions on a Standard... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The standard already exists. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That's the Constitutional Minimum... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Works for me. |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. As a Student of History... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I searched for the constitutional issue of absentee representation |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Senator Johnson's Illness... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Er - yes lots of noise was made that there was a constitutional issue |
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CorpGovActivist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. If - God Forbid - Senator Johnson's Health... |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. If it's a Dem, a year before the election. If it's a Repub, a week before the indictment comes down. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. When they announce b/c |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. That is actually funny |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. You make a |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. It depends if they are in a state where the governor will appoint a replacement from their own party |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. Bob Dole says: When Bob Dole does what Bob Dole says that Bob Dole will do. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think a case can be made for insisting on resignation when campaigning for another office. |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. JFK, Goldwater & McGovern didn't resign when they were nominated |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-18-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. Whenever the right-wing media tells us it's acceptable! |
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