So we should short our bench and their careers? (Reply #29)

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Response to StevieM (Reply #25)

Tue Nov 10, 2020, 08:48 PM

SlogginThroughIt (1,921 posts)

29. So we should short our bench and their careers?

If they would help our country, they are qualified and they are requested the why stop them? Because republicans?

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53 replies	Author	Time	Post
Klobuchar Considered for Biden Cabinet Post [View all]	babylonsister	Nov 2020	OP
Please do this, Joe, AND maybe Al Franken will appointed to fill the Senate vacancy! nt	spooky3	Nov 2020	#1
Oh, hell yes.	Funtatlaguy	Nov 2020	#3
Excellent idea.	Under The Radar	Nov 2020	#5
If it can work that way, HELL YES!	SMC22307	Nov 2020	#12
I like you thinking, there!	Brother Buzz	Nov 2020	#26
It will be Peggy Flanagan	judeling	Nov 2020	#36
I really think we need her in the senate	questionseverything	Nov 2020	#2
She is smart and tough. We need her more in the Senate fighting Repukes than in	NCjack	Nov 2020	#16
No no...no Senators. Minnesota could elect a Republican NO.	Demsrule86	Nov 2020	#4
THIS	malaise	Nov 2020	#8
The Democratic governor will appoint a Democrat to replace her.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Nov 2020	#9
Appointed senators don't do well in follow up elections. According to .538	Hassin Bin Sober	Nov 2020	#19
Tina Smith did just fine.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Nov 2020	#20
That's one.	StevieM	Nov 2020	#23
Tina Smith (D-MN) just won her re-election after having been appointed. nt	spooky3	Nov 2020	#21
That's one. As I wrote above, we don't know how a different election would go.	StevieM	Nov 2020	#24
Tina Smith just won	BainsBane	Nov 2020	#22
To repeat what I wrote to the two posters just above you: that's one.	StevieM	Nov 2020	#25
So we should short our bench and their careers?	SlogginThroughIt	Nov 2020	#29
We have a terrific bench.	StevieM	Nov 2020	#31
She has aspirations for the presidency.	SlogginThroughIt	Nov 2020	#35
Al Franken!!	Happy Hoosier	Nov 2020	#32
That might be worth the risk.	Hassin Bin Sober	Nov 2020	#34
No, it is not worth the risk. It was his choice to resign rather than fight.	Demsrule86	Nov 2020	#39
I love him but have you heard him talk	marlakay	Nov 2020	#46
Tina Smith.	MineralMan	Nov 2020	#49
40 percent versus 88 percent.	Hassin Bin Sober	Nov 2020	#52
2020 Minnesota Statutes / 204D.28 UNITED STATES SENATE VACANCY; MANNER OF FILLING	SMC22307	Nov 2020	#13
Yes, she's up again in 2024.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Nov 2020	#17
Not a problem in Minnesota	judeling	Nov 2020	#37
No, we can't be sure...it is a mid term year that she will run ...bad time for the party in power...	Demsrule86	Nov 2020	#40
Actually She would run in 2021 if I read the law correctly	judeling	Nov 2020	#42
Only if Al gets to replace her current seat	Blue Owl	Nov 2020	#6
Would he want it after so many of his colleagues stabbed him in the back?	The Velveteen Ocelot	Nov 2020	#18
He said he really misses it. NT	Happy Hoosier	Nov 2020	#33
oh i hope so!!	samnsara	Nov 2020	#7
I like Amy but I thought the Biden team had an informal "ban" on considering any current Senators...	dixiechiken1	Nov 2020	#10
Amy would be a great pick for almost anything.	BusyBeingBest	Nov 2020	#11
As long as Al Franken gets appointed to this seat, I'm okay with it.	GoCubsGo	Nov 2020	#14
No. No. No. and	DURHAM D	Nov 2020	#15
CNBC also is reporting this.	spooky3	Nov 2020	#30
I could see her as Attorney General	BainsBane	Nov 2020	#27
The Senate is way more important than any cabinet positon...it will make or break Biden's	Demsrule86	Nov 2020	#41
She's very competent. I have no doubt that Biden would tap her. Plus...	Kahuna	Nov 2020	#28
She would not get AG, remember why she ruled herself out for VP (bad racial justice record as	Celerity	Nov 2020	#38
That was election year BS	judeling	Nov 2020	#44
I doubt it, but you are more than welcome to your opinion	Celerity	Nov 2020	#47
Guaranteed senate seat for years to come. Stay put Amy. nt	oasis	Nov 2020	#43
Wouldn't surprise me if she is or her supporters	DeminPennswoods	Nov 2020	#45
The Governor is already on it	riverwalker	Nov 2020	#48
Senators need to stay in the Senate. Amy Klobuchar is probably floating this herself	octoberlib	Nov 2020	#50
This shouldn't be a surprise. She was a strong surrogate for Biden	themaguffin	Nov 2020	#51
If she gets Agriculture, she'll have an epic mess to clean up	Yeehah	Nov 2020	#53

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