More Thoughts on Ted Kennedy

Actually, on the Democrat response to his passing ....

Kennedy's death has put the Democrats in Congress in a tizzy. Not because of his leadership, or his stature, or his legend ... but because if he's not there they have one less vote to pass Obamacare with!

5 years ago, MA had a Republican governor. One of MA's congressional seats came open due to the early departure of its holder. MA law at the time allowed the governor to name an interim representative to Congress, to serve until the next election. Democrats in MA didn't like this, for the Republican governor would have selected a Republican to fill the vacant seat. So, Democrats in MA changed the law, stripping the governor of that power, and mandating that any such vacancies stay vacant until a special election could be held to fill the seat (about 6 months time). Ted Kennedy was one of the driving forces behind this change to the law.

Fast forward to now. Kennedy's seat is vacant. The Democrat governor of MA cannot name someone to his empty seat, because of law forced through by Kennedy. The Democrats now want to change back the law to what it was, giving the governor the power to fill the seat. Kennedy himself was the driving force behind this change back to the way it was, before he passed.

The reason for this? Very simple ... Democrat leaders in the Senate don't want to be short of that one vote until the MA special election can be held. They are counting on having that vote, which will surely be cast for Obamacare.

Democrats, especially the far left kook fringe that controls the party these days, don't care about the rules, or about the law. If they don't like it, and they have the power, they just change it. If they don't have the power, they just ignore it. From the Constitution down to the simplest of traffic laws, rules and laws that do not jive with their goals are simply obstructions that are to be ignored or gone around - their ends justify any means, in their minds - and they don't see anything wrong with that.

As far as I can tell, there is nothing the GOP can do on a state or federal level to keep MA's ruling party from doing this.

Update - The White House has gotten involved. David Axelrod, Obama's Senior Advisor, called the President of the MA Senate to push for the law change, to allow the seat to be filled by an appointee chosen by the governor. With public support for Obamacare dropping every day, Obama's team is flat scared they won't have enough votes to pass it through the Senate - that one vote could be the key. So, Obama feels free to step in and try to strongarm state level politics to further his agenda.

Update II (9/22) - the MA Senate just voted to change the law to allow the governor to appoint an interim person to Kennedy's seat, ensuring that vote will be in line for Obamacare. F**king Democrats - do whatever they please, no matter how blatant and abusive it is.