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2016 Postmortem

Tx4obama

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1. So ...

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2012, 02:48 AM

Dec 2012

... who ever is appointed (and sworn in before January 3rd) will have more seniority than Senator-Elect Hirono,
therefore Hirono would not be the senior senator even though she was elected before the new appointment.

And IF Hanabusa is appointed then Hirono would not be the first Asian-American woman and the first Buddhist in the United States Senate - Hanabusa would be.

That's all a bit wacky.

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So ... Tx4obama Dec 2012 #1

It is a bit wacky davidpdx Dec 2012 #2

And Kerry will not have to resign his seat until The Senate confirms him as SoS... Tx4obama Dec 2012 #4

That sucks davidpdx Dec 2012 #6

they could fix it by having akaka resign dsc Dec 2012 #3

New news ... Tx4obama Dec 2012 #5