Senator Kennedy...foreshame sir!

Does anyone else think that it is the height of political arrogance for the Democrats in Massachusetts to be trying to change the method for filling Senate vacancies again?

The law there used to provide for the Governor to temporarily fill vacancies until a special election could be held (a very common method across the US). But when a Republican was in a position to do so (Mitt Romney), it didn't take long for that to change. When it appeared possible that both safe Democratic seats (Kerry and Kennedy) could be filled by a Republican governor...the massively Democratic state legislature quickly worked to prevent that from being possible. They took away the power of appointment from the Governor and replaced it with "special elections".

I find it appalling that Kennedy last week and his fellow Democrats, began a push to reverse that process. With the probabilty that Sen. Kennedy wouldn't last more than another week...suddenly it became so necessary for a Governor to again be able to fill vacancies. It is apparently so vital now that seats not sit vacant anymore...it might slow down the Obama agenda.

Truly disgusting! What they don't have the guts to say is "appointment is fine...for Democrats only...now that we have a Democratic Governor...the process is best". The contention that it is now so much more important to not have an open seat than at other points in history??? Bullshit!

I did respect Ted Kennedy for his abilities, and even for a few of his political stands (not many)...but even though I hate to "speak ill of the dead"...I have to say "Senator Kennedy, you should be ashamed of yourself and your party!"

DB