The Balance of Power

Tuesday Night, I was quickly looking over I believe the Congressional Quarterly and one of the articles was the mostly probable scenario for Republicans to come to power is if one of the Democratic Senators would die and a Republican Governor would have to appoint a new Senator. At this time the scenario would not work for say Hawaii nor Massachusetts because in Hawaii the governor is required to appoint a senator from the party of the previous senator and in MA the legislature will appoint.

Then on Wednesday I learn that Tim Johnson of South Dakota had stroke like symptoms. Today, he is in critical condition recovering from brain surgery. I don't recall if he was mentioned in the article and would not think so because he was so young. As a compassionate person, my prayers are with him and his family for a full recovery. As a political junkie, I believe the Republican need to learn their lesson out of power, after all they did not do what they promised.

One thing that stands out is the hypocrisy of the media. Many pundits point out the Republican Governor only won by a slim margin as if that makes a difference he is now in power. Some say he might chose a Democrat because of his electoral situation. As I recall, no leftist media suggested this to the Democratic Governor in Georgia when Republican Senator Coverdale died, but then again I bet they regretted he appointed, "Give The Hell Zell" Miller.