please try to forget the partisanship, if you can't please don't respond. I am just wondering, and forget that its a dem that dropped out and was replaced, and a repub, that is seeking to have him kept out of the election, do you guys think its fair to replace a candidate this late?
my .02. i think it is unfair and torricelli should have been forced to remain on the ballot, and if he won, he could have resigned immediately. I believe the governor then is allowed to pick a replacement util the next election.
my rationale is that forrester plans a campaign against torricelli, mud is slung in all directions, more sticks to torricelli and he drops out. now it is unfair to allow him to be replaced with a clean candidate at this late time. if this is allowed, maybe it is a great strategy for the future, throw in a candidate you plan to have drop out, make the campaign us ugly and shitty as possible, then quit and leave the other candiate with all the stink still on him.
I am not significantly persuaded by the argument that if you don't allow a replacement, then one party has no choice, in this instance it is not forrester's fault, but he is punished. think the better solution would be to allow torricelli to resign after the election, as i said above.
what do you guys think?
my .02. i think it is unfair and torricelli should have been forced to remain on the ballot, and if he won, he could have resigned immediately. I believe the governor then is allowed to pick a replacement util the next election.
my rationale is that forrester plans a campaign against torricelli, mud is slung in all directions, more sticks to torricelli and he drops out. now it is unfair to allow him to be replaced with a clean candidate at this late time. if this is allowed, maybe it is a great strategy for the future, throw in a candidate you plan to have drop out, make the campaign us ugly and shitty as possible, then quit and leave the other candiate with all the stink still on him.
I am not significantly persuaded by the argument that if you don't allow a replacement, then one party has no choice, in this instance it is not forrester's fault, but he is punished. think the better solution would be to allow torricelli to resign after the election, as i said above.
what do you guys think?
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