[Vigilanteman]

Other seats which could be filled immediately are West Virginia (Byrd's old seat), New York (Hillary's) and Colorado (also appointed to Obozo's cabinet).

[lentulusgracchus]

Other seats which could be filled immediately are ....

Wait, I thought that even interim appointments serve through the end of the old Congress, unless they resign or retire. A governor can turn out a senator before his term is up? I don't think so.