Adventures in Reading: Illinois Terror Edition
It’s a bit late and I’ve been in Bendigo all day (Yes, Bendigo. Fun stories about why I should purchase new flip flops tomorrow…), and I’m rather tired. So you’ll forgive my misreading of this paragraph from electoral-vote.com:
A reader pointed out that since it is virtually certain that a U.S. senator will be elected President, some governor will get to fill a Senate seat. If Hillary Clinton wins, it will be whoever is then governor of New York. It might be David Paterson (D), unless he is brought down by his own sex scandal, in which case it will be Joe Bruno (R), currently state Senate majority leader (unless he has a sex scandal, in which case–no, let’s not go there). If Barack Obama wins, Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich (D) will appoint another Democrat to replace him.
I read it as the governor himself (himselves?) will replace the departing President-elect. That is obviously wrong and in no way how the system works. My brain quickly came around and took another crack at it. But that momentary thought of Blago in the Senate was enough to make me think about switching back to Clinton.
Then again, he’d probably be doing less damage in a place where there are lots of votes to neutralize him. (Other than the IL House and Senate, I mean…)
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