tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594493.post723680368849900123..comments2024-03-14T11:27:52.369-06:00Comments on Stoner: Hail the Fallen LionChin Shih Tanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00852129729584273400noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10594493.post-39076583100019408192009-08-31T20:40:49.992-06:002009-08-31T20:40:49.992-06:00The post-Kennedy Senate seat political battle has ...The post-Kennedy Senate seat political battle has shaped up: the current law, passed by the MA state legislature when Mitt Romney was Governor and John Kerry was ossibly going to leave his seat to become President (so, sometime between January and November, 2004, to be sure), provides for a special election at a time determined by the Governor. Dem. Governor Deval Patrick has thus duly set the date for Jan. '010 (oh-ten), which is OK but will leave Kennedy's seat empty for crucial votes on health care and energy. <br /><br />So, he's given his support for the legislature changing the law to allow him to appoint someone in the meantime until the Nov. '010 elections. <br /><br />I'm OK with either decision by the elected representatives of MA: leave the law as it is, or change it.Chin Shih Tanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00852129729584273400noreply@blogger.com