Wouldn't this be a delicious irony? It'll never happen in a Democratic (hack) stronghold like Massachusetts, but after the flip-flop on allowing Paul Kirk to be installed in Kennedy's seat, and the obvious public sentiment, anything's possible!
in reference to:"TPM’s Brian Beutler and Eric Kleefeld have the early word on what they see as a nefarious Republican plot: “In preparation for what they expect to be Republican Scott Brown’s victory in the Massachusetts Senate special election tonight, conservatives and Republicans have unearthed a novel and ironic precedent, which they’re using to argue that, if he wins, Brown should be seated right away as the 41st vote against health care reform. Senate rules require that all newly-elected Senators be certified as winners by their home states before they can be sworn in.” Shifty stuff, but as Beutler and Kleefeld admit, there is precedent: “On November 6, 1962, none other than Ted Kennedy himself won a special election to fill his own brother’s Senate seat in Massachusetts, and was sworn in the very next day–two full weeks before his victory was certified, and three weeks before that certification arrived in Washington.”"
- Just Another Massachusetts Miracle - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)
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