Now we have Russ Feingold trying to end the appointments of senators and give the states the expense of special elections.
You can make the argument that special elections are better than appointments but it isn’t that critical. The states can handle that one. Hell until 1913 ALL senators were appointed (people seem to forget this).
The choices out of Ill and NY were qualified and acceptable, this is an attempt to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. If the Democrats are embarrassed by their Governors then maybe they should run less corrupt ones. Remember that the only reason Patterson is there is because the previous Gov resigned.
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