Appointment of Obama's replacement

The right of the Governor to appoint the Senator is absolute, under Illinois law...as long as he is Governor. The U.S. Congress has certain Constitutional rights regarding the actual seating and removal of members.

Article I. Section 5
Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members...Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behavior, and, with the Concurrence of two-thirds, expel a Member.

There's a very simple and legal method for preventing the appointment of anyone. It doesn't require any Senate action. Under the Rules of the Senate, a certificate for the appointment must be presented. The Secretary of State must sign it in addition to the governor of the state. The Illinois Secretary of State (Jesse White) can refuse to do it...to block any appointment by Blaggy.

That's Just Good Television ;-)

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Great commercial out of Denmark...I think it is brilliant...even without a washine machine.

DB
Chicago

Iraqi Shoe Thrower

The Guy throwing the shoes, definitely had guts...unfortunately they didn't end up splattered all over the room after taking 3 rounds "center mass"!
That would of been a good message to deliver in terms of security.

I sort of wish the President had caught one of those shoes...he is a baseball guy. His form was good though, he ducked them like a batter avoiding a face-high fastball. But thinking about it more...who knows where those ugly shoes have been...better off not touching them.

It is interesting to see the difference in treatment that thrower gets now, versus what he would of gotten under Saddam. I think he and about 90% of his family would be dead or in torture cells right now, if he had tried something like that against Saddam. the rest would be racing across the border to get out.

I'm disappointed in the security team...they had a great oppportunity to shoot the thrower...and didn't...darn!

DB
Chicago