Plots are afoot...
in the State Legislature to alter the means by which vacancies in the U.S. Senate are filled.
In the good olde days, if there was a vacancy in one our U.S. Senate seats, the governor appointed an interim senator to a two year term until an election could be held.
That is an appointment sans recourse to the advice and consent of any one, under the present rules, should John Kerry carry the day this fall nothing prevents Mitt Romney from appointing Andy Dick to the position.
Well, that is assuming Andy can qualify as a resident of Massachusetts, but fear not, The Kolobian Viceroy has experience in these matters.
Frankly it is a very autocratic arrangement and it is far past due to be changed.
An immediate election to fill out the unexpired term is far more democratic in nature.
Oh Mitt will hiss and cry about this don't you worry, but someone has to play hardball with him sometime and it might as well be about this issue.
I have no problem with the Man from Kolob being cast as a defender of royal prerogative....which is all the senatorial appointment amounts to.
And no fer nothin' but, just what sort of hopelessly embarrassing hack will Mitt dredge up to fill the position anyway?
Jane "Jingle Money" Swift?
That has to be an intriguing proposition...it would get her out of the state and leave Mitt with the option of blitzkrieging her again come the GOP senatorial primary in 2006. Anyway once you get into the habit of humiliating a woman in public, it is hard to stop-at least when you are Willard Mitt Romney.
How about Steve Pierce?
Is Steve Pierce still alive? If not he wouldn't be the first corpse to achieve a position of high public trust thanks to the GOP.
How about Ralph Martin?
Ralphie boy is probably the only class candidate on Romney's list....but one doubt's he'd accept the appointment...he has said no to many many other temptations over the years.
Kerry Healey?
An interesting possibility Kerry is Mitt's biggest liability right now...little more than a mail clerk elevated to the Lieutenant Governorship. She could hold the slot for Romney until the Governor could put together the usual bullshit grass-roots surge for his own senate candidacy in 2006.
The problem here is, that leaves Secretary of State Billy "The Prince of Darkness" Galvin as Mitt's lawful successor for two whole years....
After this collection of beggars and losers, the pickin's get mighty slim...we are down to the GOP's precious few in the Great and General Court...headed by hapless brown-nosers like Brian Lees.
Nope I have a feeling that switching over to a off-year election system would be doing Mitt a favor.