Hypocrite of the Day
Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi (HT: Redstate):
The leader of the Massachusetts House says he will support giving Gov. Deval Patrick the power to appoint an interim successor to U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy if that becomes necessary.
The Democratic-controlled Legislature stripped Republican Gov. Mitt Romney of that authority in 2004 because of fears he would name a Republican to replace U.S. Sen. John Kerry if he had been elected president.
Instead, state law now requires a special election for the seat no sooner than 145 days and no later than 160 days after the vacancy occurs.
But House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi said yesterday if Kennedy should step aside or have to be replaced because of his brain tumor diagnosis, he’d be in favor of a gubernatorial appointment.
“That was a good political reason (then),” DiMasi said of taking the power away from Romney. “It’s a good political reason to change it back.”
I don’t know why they would bother with this. It isn’t like Republicans have any chance of picking up Kennedy’s seat.
Archived in: Congress, Massachusetts, Sal DiMassi, Ted KennedyMay 24, 2008 at 1:47 pm | Trackback
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They can believe or accomplish twelve (or more) things before breakfast, NER. They’re libs.
While I agree it is hugely unlikely, I think it would be supremely ironic if a special election did go to a Republican.
Senator Lardass and the rest of the Kennedy Organized Crime Family want the Lawn Gnome to appoint a placeholder to hold the office for a couple of years until one of Joke for Oil’s kids is old enough to “run” for the office, similar to how Ted himself got the office.