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Originally Posted by smooth
I didn't hear anything about a special election. I heard the governor appoints the seat. Since Palin is the governor, she can't appoint herself. But the commentator, I think it was Rachel Maddow, said she could step down and her lt. gov is elevated to gov and then he can appoint her to the Senate.
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Something very similar happened in Kentucky in the 70's. Governor Wendell Ford (who's a badass mother in his own right) did the whole bait-and-switch appointment. When I heard Stephens won, that was the first thing I thought of.
Not to threadjack, but as an aside, I totally have a girl-crush on Rachel Maddow.