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Originally Posted by AjaxPress
In 2004 the Senate already belonged to Republicans. So if Kerry stepped down and was replaced with a Rep, nothing would have changed. The current gov of MA is a Dem, so if Ted Kennedy dies he will be repleced with a Dem. So again, how would this affect anything now or then?
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Every seat counted then and counts now. It is an election cycle. It was in 2004, too. Incumbents tend to win (Harris Wofford was an exception)...so the appointee is very likely to retain the seat. There was no guarantee then and there is none now that Senate control will stay unchanged beyond the election cycle.
Even if we're not talking about actual "control", single votes currently are the difference between Senate actions making cloture or not...the difference between the Democrats having free reign to fuck shit up or not.
That is how it matters.
The GOP either has to start fighting back ferociously (instead of giving a shit if the MSM paints them as being "partisan" and/or "mean", etc...) and arresting these types of Democrat actions or start playing the game the same way with the same disregard for what is "right" (forget about "legal") that the Democrats have reliably exhibited. That is my point.
Interesting that you skipped past the Tim Johnson example, though.