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1 posted on 06/28/2010 3:04:32 PM PDT by Chet 99
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So the Rats don’t want the voters to choose. What a shock...


2 posted on 06/28/2010 3:06:20 PM PDT by Chet 99
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The 2012 election won’t be a special election. The seat was already scheduled to be up for election, that year.


3 posted on 06/28/2010 3:06:46 PM PDT by PhilCollins
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To: Chet 99

Essentially, they’re going to have an election for a 6-month term.


4 posted on 06/28/2010 3:06:51 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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“interesting document” my arse...it is quite clear that the election should be held...there is nothing in there that says anything about timlines except that July 3 was the cutoff...screw the filing dates, they aren’t covered in this law...and if the spineless RNC doesn’t cover expenses to sue their azzes they are worse than I thought and that is plenty bad.


5 posted on 06/28/2010 3:07:28 PM PDT by jessduntno ( "The planet has a fever, and it's in Al Gore's pants." - Howie Carr)
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one less vote for cloture on cap-n-trade too,, ‘til next year anyway


6 posted on 06/28/2010 3:07:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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Good.One less RAT vote to damage the country.And who knows? If Massachusetts can elect a Republican to the Senate then WV just might do so as well!
7 posted on 06/28/2010 3:07:57 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Host The Beer Summit-->Win The Nobel Peace Prize!)
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It's amazing how swiftly the Democrats moved in Massachusetts to change the special elections laws when it suited them.

Now we're to believe that they have to wait two years to do the same in West Virginia?

What would Byrd have said about this?

-PJ

8 posted on 06/28/2010 3:08:22 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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To: Chet 99

Sounds to me like someone is throwing a lot of chaff in the air in hopes the democrats will come up with something concrete.


9 posted on 06/28/2010 3:09:13 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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Strike my previous post. I mistakenly was thinking that they meant 2011. They don’t. They’re just going to appoint someone to fill the balance of Byrd’s original term, and hold the election as scheduled in 2012. This was predictable.


10 posted on 06/28/2010 3:09:24 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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So if I understand the SOS correctly. VW will have 1 senator until 2012...Cool. One less Rat.


12 posted on 06/28/2010 3:09:58 PM PDT by glaseatr (Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
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I fricking hate Democrats. I HATE THEM!


15 posted on 06/28/2010 3:11:48 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Mexico is the U.S. version of Hamas)
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will there be KKK honors at his funeral?


16 posted on 06/28/2010 3:13:22 PM PDT by bigbob
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Why have an election? Just let Obama appoint someone to fill the post on a permanent basis.


21 posted on 06/28/2010 3:17:45 PM PDT by madprof98 ("moritur et ridet" - salvianus)
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“It’s not immediately clear whether Republicans — either at the state or national level — will challenge Tennant’s ruling.”

Given the current GOP leadership, we all know the answer.

Libs would be up in the barricades already demanding special election (and GOP would fold within a day to grant the wish). God I hate the pathetic, spineless GOP leadership.


22 posted on 06/28/2010 3:19:13 PM PDT by heiss
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This ruling does follow the West Virginia statute. Sorry to say it, but the language is pretty clear. I actually thought that it was to Manchin’s advantage to have a special election this year and that he might try to figure out a way to get that done. I think that he would have been hard to beat in 2010, 2012 is a long time and lots of things can happen along the way.


24 posted on 06/28/2010 3:20:28 PM PDT by centurion316
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The Secretary of State is a Democrat too (big surprise they would ignore the rules)? just check wikipedia.


25 posted on 06/28/2010 3:23:19 PM PDT by JSDude1
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The year after next? That’s got to be a typo!


27 posted on 06/28/2010 3:29:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Democrat election specials:

New Jersey: Democrats argue that Robert Torricelli, who stepped aside because he was losing in the polls, be allowed to be replaced in the final weeks with someone with more of a chance to win, in the name of giving the voters a competitive election. The courts agree.

Hawaii: Democrats argue that deceased House incumbant Patsy Mink be allowed to remain on the ballot despite having died, because she has name recognition for voters who want to still vote Democrat. A vote for Mink will be a vote for her ballot replacement. The courts agree.

Missouri: Democrats argue that the deceased Senate candidate Mel Carnahan be allowed to remain on the ballot, and that a vote for him is a vote for the Governor to appoint a successor (his wife), should his name win. The courts agree.

Massachusetts: Democrats argue that the Governor should be allowed to appoint an interim Senator to fill the seat vacated by the deceased Ted Kennedy, despite the law that leaves the seat vacant until a special election. The courts agree.

-PJ

30 posted on 06/28/2010 3:41:49 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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Ahem...the former KKK Kleagle racist SOB...Robert Byrd, may God rest his soul,...


48 posted on 06/28/2010 6:12:49 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (George W. Bush was the last conservative democrat)
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To: Chet 99

Well there does come a time...


49 posted on 06/28/2010 6:14:06 PM PDT by caww
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