The W.V. governor, although Dem, is supposedly an NRA member and pro-life. If Byrd kicks it, it would be interesting to see who he appoints.
That is good to hear. I had always assumed it would be better for Byrd to remain in the Senate since he does not have the radical leftist voting record of Jay Rockefeller.
I'd like to let him know right now that I'm not interested in the job. I really have trouble imagining why anyone would leave this beautiful state to go live in DC.
The common gossip here for the last three governors is that they would resign, have the Senate President ascend to the Governor's office and appoint the newly resigned governor to Byrd's seat. I do believe that Joe Manchin has asperations in this direction.
The joke around here is that he’ll appoint himself! It’s a pretty well-worn rumor in the State that Joe Manchin covets Byrd’s Senate seat...Manchin’s more of a conservative Democrat; unfortunately, he has a bad habit of nepotism.
Yeah, I read back when Pres. Bush first got in as pres., and Sen. Byrd said that he would support Bush’s judges! He said he was personally socially conservative himself, and he thought conservative judges were much better about upholding the law! He supported him on other fronts as well. He could be a real pill when it came to supporting him on the war; I don’t know why, though!