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Repubs may regain Senate
SD Senator Tim Johnson is in the hospital in critical condition after brain surgery for stroke-like symptoms. Besides the obvious concerns for his well-being, control of the US Senate may be at stake. While it is common practice in PA for the sitting Governor to appoint replacements of the same party when a public official is unable to complete his service, apparently that is not the case in South Dakota. The Republican Governor can appoint whomever he chooses and may throw the Senate into a 50-50 tie by appointing a Republican, giving Cheney the tie-braking vote.
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Enemy of the State
"There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes." Ernest Hemingway
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