DO DEMOCRATS CAUCUS IN BEER HALLS?:

Dems mull limits to Christie powers (ALEX ISENSTADT & JESSICA TAYLOR, 12/6/09, Politico)

Two months after Massachusetts lawmakers came under criticism for altering the state’s succession laws for partisan purposes, New Jersey Democrats have launched a similar effort designed to limit Republican Gov.-elect Chris Christie’s appointment powers in the event of a Senate vacancy.

Amid concerns about 85-year-old Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s ability to serve out his full term, which expires in 2015, a Democratic state legislative leader last week introduced a bill that would require the governor to appoint a lawmaker from the same party as the departing officeholder within 30 days of the vacancy.

They seem awfully confused about how democracy is supposed to work.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 6, 2009 7:50 AM