In an effort to protect the US Senate seats, lets face it they are afraid Senator Lautenberg may not make it 5 more years, Jack McKeon our wonderful SHU Assemblyman has introduced a bill which would strip the governor of his power to appoint any qualified person to fill a vacant senate seat.

Instead, Assembylman McKeon would like the Governor to be only able to appoint a member of the same political party to fill vacant seats, thus protecting Frank Lautenberg’s seat in the event of a health problem.

My theory here: they are preparing us for the bait and switch.

The Plan: They have already baited us with our  ‘experienced’ (aka ancient) Senator who earned reelection in 2008, knowing that he will be 91 at the end of the term our wonderful Senator probably planned bow out early so that some young gun Democrat could be appointed to fill the void, thus giving him the power of incumbency and protecting that seat and thus bypassing the electorate.

The Reality:  Governor Corzine LOST.  Now they have to find a way to make sure this plan is still alive.  How do you do that?  Legislation to force the Governor-Elect to choose someone from the same party as the departed Senator.

Clever?  I think this plan, and our illustrius Democratic legislature blows this and the power stays the way it is.