Politics as Usual for the Democrat Party

So a few years back the Democrat Party and the Boston Globe in Massachusetts decided it would be a good idea to prevent the then Governor, Mitt Romney, from selecting a new U.S. Senator if John Kerry won the election and became President. They prevented this by creating a law that called for a special election to fill the vacant Senate seat.

Fast-forward to the present, and the passing of Senator Kennedy. Within hours of his passing the State Senate in Massachusetts is now saying it is ‘open to the idea’ of over-riding the governor appointment law so that an election does not need to be held to fill Senator Kennedy’s seat, allowing the current Democrat Governor permission to fill the vacant seat. The people involved have openly commented that the reason for the about face is that voting for the very important health care bill would come up before an election could be held next Spring in Massachusetts and having the vacant seat would deprive the Democrats of a vote for a health care bill.

I would not want to deprive the Democrats of a vote - after all the President said "We won, and we can do what we want." Of course the folks speaking out at the town hall meetings and elsewhere are having a difference of opinion on that, Mr. President.