[Vision2020] Senator Palin?

[Love America]

Hi Donovan,

You are correct in that the new Alaska law allows for a temporary
appointment of up to 90 days but there is considerable question among Alaska
lawmakers if that is indeed the case.  I suspect that when this law is
tested there will eventually be a ruling from the State Supreme Court as
there are conflicting views of how the law will work.

As for Sarah wanting to be a Senator, I am pretty sure you are wrong on
this.  Consider two things, 1) a new Republican Senator will be #100 on the
seniority list.  Sarah would not be able to mentally handle being the junior
senator from AK, especially junior to her political rival Senator Lisa
Murkowski, and as such she would not have any plumb committee assignments
and thus no voice.  2) as one of 50 governors she is in a far more unique
position and she now has a national presence in that role.  You have seen
her in the national spotlight long enough to know that she craves power; as
the junior Senator from AK she will have not power.  By the way, Frank
Murkowski resigned his US Senate Seat because of this issue, he could not do
anything with Senator Stevens' blessing.

On Senator Stevens, I seriously doubt the Senate would expel him because the
crimes he was found guilty of are of the nature that everyone in that body
has committed.  Paperwork is not perfect and conceding that the Executive
Branch has power over the Legislative branch because of paperwork is an area
that most sane Senators do not want to touch.  Stevens may get around 30-40
votes to expel him but that would be it.  It would be a slap on the
wrist.   You must keep in mind that the Legislative branch of our Federall
government does its best to protect its power and keep the Executive branch
from getting to involved.  There are Senators from both parties that have
condemned the Justice Department for this investigation and intrusion into
Senate business.

Chris



On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> wrote:

>   Chris,
>
> You are partially correct. Sarah Palin cannot appoint a vacant Senate
> seat for two years until the next gubernatorial election as other states
> governors can. However, she can appoint a person for the 90 day period
> between the vacancy and the special election. She can appoint someone that
> will not run against her, or she can appoint herself, or she can resign and
> have the Lt. Governor appoint her and run for the position. No doubt, she
> will win, and I believe she wants the job.
>
>  It also doesn't matter if Ted Stevens is pardoned or not because the
> Senate can still vote to expel him, regardless. The President cannot pardon
> impeachment or removal from office.
>
> Best Regardless,
>
> Donovan
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 11/5/08, Love America <skialaska0 at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> From: Love America <skialaska0 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Senator Palin?
> To: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com, "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 12:35 PM
>
>
>  Donovan,
> It does not work that way up here; under state law a special election would
> be held to replace a Senator.
>
> Up until Governor Murkowski replaced himself with his daughter Lisa (who
> has turned out to be a really good Senator and a real pleasure to work with)
> the governor had the duty to replace a senator until a special election was
> called.  Residents were so pissed off at the move (BTW, Sarah Palin was the
> leading non-family politician for that seat at the time) that we passed a
> law in 2004 that would require a special election.  So nope, don't look for
> Sarah Palin to replace Ted Stevens.  BTW, bet on President Bush to pardon
> Senator Stevens of all crimes.  It is pretty clear now that he did not
> receive a fair trial and the government was very unethical in prosecuting
> the case.
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Donovan Arnold <
> donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>   If Alaska's long standing Senator, and seven time convicted felon, Ted
>> Stevens, gets re-elected, the Senate will remove him, and Palin can take his
>> place.
>>
>> Image, Hillary and Palin duking it out on the Senate floor. We could
>> probably move the event from C-Span to Pay-Per-View. :P
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Donovan
>>
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