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  • Boston Globe Writer Ignores Mass. Law on When Appointed Senator's Term Ends

    01/18/2010 2:05:57 PM PST · by PJ-Comix · 16 replies · 1,615+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | January 18, 2010 | P.J. Gladnick
    Boston Globe writer Lisa Wangsness can't be blamed too much for assuming that appointed senator Paul Kirk's term ends when the winner of tomorrow's election in Massachusetts, Scott Brown (photo) or Martha Coakley, is seated. Wrong. Mass. law is very specific on that term limit as Fred Barnes has noted in the Weekly Standard. The reason why Wangsness can be forgiven for her error is that it is the same assumption made by most of the rest of the mainstream media. Here is the relevant section of her article about the effect of tomorrow's election on the health care bill:...