Comments on: America to Democratic Party: Hey, you know what would be great? A Special Election in Illinois.

By: renegade

renegade — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:21:15 +0000

One word for a special election for the open Illinois senate seat.

DITKA

By: birdmojo

birdmojo — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:05:35 +0000

Impeachment should be used every two years or so. Tar and feather the SOB and run him (or her, I suppose) out on a rail.

By: JLenardDetroit

JLenardDetroit — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:52:14 +0000

found link Why we Republicans must be careful in our stance/argument regarding Blagojevich Impeachment

By: JLenardDetroit

JLenardDetroit — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:47:26 +0000

excerpt from BlahGo: ALL States should amend Laws/Constitutions to REQUIRE a Special Election in these cases to avoid any potential for corruption. There is an alternative, and the one that I PREFER is, by letting a State Legislative body make the selection – WITHOUT GOVERNOR APPROVAL OR VETO! If you want to save the CO$T$ of a Special Election, let names be entered into nomination into a States’ Senate body, deliberate, and let the States’ Senate make the final appointment. You will have an honest/open discussion and vetting of anyone that gets promoted to the US Senate from any State in these situations then. Another reason why Illinois especially needs to let IL Senate decide (permanent change to their process) is because if a Special Election is held we know record number of Dead people in IL will come out to vote for the Democrat in the Special Election!!

end excerpt….

Whether it be a full “Special-Election” held by people registering to run for the Office and the General Public decide or a (any) States’ Senate entering nominees for consideration and “Special-Election” made by that State Senate from those nominees following debate…. is fine by me…. ALL STATES, IMO, should make these changes.

By: Achance

Achance — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:36:47 +0000

confirmation? Or confirmation by joint session? Especially if it is within two years of the next general election.

By: JLenardDetroit

JLenardDetroit — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:32:50 +0000

Special Election should be the norm…. as I advocated way back when in Who BlahGo (IL-Gov) should appoint to US Senate NOW, and why they should accept? Plus, Special Election, Mike Ditka, Special Prosecutor, and more… [UPDATE] …. it’s nice to hear everyone catching up with me on this and other points regarding the Blago situation (specifically Impeachment, wish I could find the link to those points, was probably in another one of your [Moe's] diary discussions) we cannot allow Impeachment to become the standard to replace ANY Governor because they are “inconvenient.” It cannot become the equivalent of a Parliamentarian procedure of a “No Confidence Vote/Removal”