As reported yesterday and today, U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD), is in critical condition: WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson lay in critical condition Thursday after undergoing emergency overnight surgery to repair bleeding inside his brain, raising questions over whether his illness could cost Democrats their newly won control of the Senate.
Both Democrats and Republicans are concerned about the medical outcome. Republicans will take what reality will give them, though it is problematic that a major party has to depend on a possible disability to gain the majority again. The GOP can get the majority if:
1) Sen. Johnson is medically disabled;
2) The South Dakota Republican governor will choose a Republican;
3) This appointed Republican senator will give the GOP 50 senators against 50 Democrat senators;
4) Vice President Dick Cheney, as president of the U.S. Senate, will be break the tie;
5) The GOP gains the Senate leadership.
The GOP should have kept the majority during the November 2006 elections but senators Conrad Burns (R-MT) and George Allen (R-VA) lost (unnecessarily) their close races due to ethical or verbal mistakes.
Six critical senatorial races were lost by the GOP and gained by the Democrats, a result which few predicted. Now the mighty GOP must look to a disabled senator to win back majority status. As King David wrote in the Good Book, "How the mighty has fallen."
What do you think?
No comments:
Post a Comment