[MEGoody]

I’d be curious to know why it would be wrong for Christie to appoint a Republican.

Because the people elected a Democrat.

I'm not talking legal requirements. I'm talking fairness to the voters.

[Colonel_Flagg]

They also elected Christie, who is at least ostensibly a Republican, and did so more recently than they elected Lautenberg.

Would it not be fair to those same voters who entrusted their state to him to let him choose someone from his own political party?

[Dr. Sivana]

Because the people elected a Democrat.

I'm not talking legal requirements. I'm talking fairness to the voters.

I will accept the fact that some pretty serious people are sympathetic to your argument. Phil Gramm was a Dem Congressman who resigned his seat after switching parties, running for his still warm old seat in a special election as a Republican, winning rather handily. On the one hand, you could say he ram to see if the formerly heavily Dem district would support a Republican. On the other hand, the fact that he won big shows that they wanted Phil Gramm, regardless of party.

[tioga]

In fairness to the Republican voters, he should pick a Republican. They all know the laws and yet the Dems voted for an old coot with one foot in the grave. They get what they deserve. Who was the Republican who lost to SenL anyway? Pick him. He came in second for the job.