[Tennessean4Bush]

They would not be doing this unless the fix was already in. They already know the outcome of this Supreme Court decision. Why else would they do this?

[Torie]

It was just the first shot. The plan always included the resignation, but what the Dems felt they needed was resignation plus Lautenberg on the ballot, and the Torch wasn't cooperating. Thus the Dems had to manufacture an ersatz musical chairs routine to show the Torch that they tried to find someone he didn't hate, but failed.

[PMCarey]

They would not be doing this unless the fix was already in. They already know the outcome of this Supreme Court decision. Why else would they do this?

I disagree. They are desperate and have no more idea of how the court will rule than you and I do. They only know one thing: Torricelli is going to lose. That's one of the greatest sins of a Democrat. Almost everything else can fall (well maybe not abortion) to the desire for power. Faced with certain loss, they panicked and instituted this scheme.

Look at how many candidates they had to go through before getting Lautenberg to agree. Does that sound like a party that knows what it's doing? Any why have Torricelli give the Saturday radio address when they were going to dump him two days later. Why not give that address to a candidate who was actually going to run for something?

Nope this is the Hail Mary pass from a party that has run out of options.