IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!

I had assumed that Beshear had done it silently and was weighing his next move. But I'll give the benefit of the doubt and keep in mind there may have been a strategic reason for the timing. And he may have known way more than we know for a while now.

They rather invest all efforts in stopping a rebirth of a robust public sector than stop fascism, crony capitalism, and neo-feudalism complete with us as serfs.

It's a Democrat's fault the MAGAts are keeping the truth from us?

Will it be a Dem's fault when the MAGAts blow some more smoke at us?

At least we'd get the truth.

So long as Turtle is alive in a hospital, he isn't voting in the Senate.

The GOP controlled Kentucky legislature has passed legislation that any appointed replacement be of the same party - i.e. a Rethuglican. That would give the GOP another Senate vote until an election is held and would give the replacement the advantages of incumbency.

The Turtle will go to hell quickly enough. Leave it alone.

And he’d still make the appointment on his own. Then it will be up to the courts to decide.

Not sure it’s worth all that for a few months if he’s already out of commission.

How can any value out weigh another voting Rethuglican senator?

McConnell's term ends at the beginning of January. The candidates have already been determined - Andy Barr (R) vs Charles Booker (D) . Aas of now, Barr is considered to have a 99% likelihood of winning. Democrats are not winning that seat.

Democrats theoretically could win a special election (though their chances would be only slightly better than their chances in the regular Senate election in November) but that person would serve for no more than a couple months, and doesn't really give Democrats an advantage in the Senate over the Status Quo. Right now, Republicans (without McConnell being able to vote) have a 52-47 advantage, meaning Democrats need 3 Republican votes to kill legislation or nominees. If a Democrat won a special election, that would make it 52-48, but still 3 votes would be needed to kill legislaation and nominees.

The Governor haas no power to appoint aanyone.

Under the current KY law, if McConnell's seat becomes vacant, the only way to replace him is with a special election.

The state Constitution gives him authority to fill vacancies by temporary appointment. But if read literally to apply to federal as well as state offices it would conflict with the US Constitution's provision governing filling House vacancies. A court, seeking consistency, could very well interpret the state constitution provision as applying only to state officials and not federal.

It would be the decent and honorable thing to do and would show great bipartisan respect.

McConnell would surely appreciate the visit...unless he's dead.

This is getting ridiculous!

It fits.

that's what they said!

Or Rand Paul - the other KY Senator. Ring Mitch up.

Some reports say that Mitch is brain-dead. Others insist that several people have spoken to him for "20 minutes" or so. Surely not everyone is lying about talking with him? We know that Trump and his gang of grifters use AI when they feel like it. Another aspect of this "artificial" intelligence is deep fakes, not only video but audio. All you really need are a couple of samples of someone's voice, and you can make them say just about anything you want, and it's very hard to distinguish between the actual voice and a copy.

The GOP is capable of anything, including the destruction of the United States, and it would not surprise me at all if they had sampled McConnell's voice and have had him "talk" to various people while he is still actually brain-dead. This, to keep him "alive" long enough so that a special election would not be needed. His seat would simply remain open until the November election, and McConnell is not running for re-election. I guess the GOP being down one vote at least until January of 2027 is better than having a Dem voted into Mitch's seat for six years, from their perspective.

The following is a writing from another online friend of mine I will identify as L.C. He is a retired doctor and he knows what he is writing about.

When I heard he was found unconscious and had suffered CPR. That information was never hidden. I still want to understand how his wife just flew off to China with the excuse that his medical condition was just fine. Maybe his staff hid the whole thing from her? Otherwise, that’s a cold as ice woman. The thing is he didn’t look medically stable before any of this was forced into the open!

The guy on CNN who claims they talked said he doesn't know what's wrong, McConnell's condition, or when he might leave the hospital. Aren't those things you would discuss with a friend in the hospital?

Permanently.

The nurse who spoke about it said "he's on life support".

or else call a special election to replace him.

state of my Norwegian Blue (beautiful plumage).