Democrats Plan for Byrd "Contingencies" - Senator may be unable to return to office.

[jefferson_dem]

Democrats Plan for Byrd "Contingencies"

Sen. Robert Byrd's (D-WV) state of health "has prompted some quiet, behind-the-scenes discussions in the event the senator is unable to return to office," the West Virginia Gazette reports.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) met with state Democratic Party chairman Nick Casey last week, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on a conference call to discuss contingencies."

Casey "is generally regarded as the consensus choice to serve as a placeholder for Byrd's Senate seat in the event Byrd would have to step down prior to the 2010 elections."

Roll Call reports Byrd is still hospitalized and has no plans to return this week.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/06/15/democrats_plan_for_byrd_contingencies.html

[Cha]

1. Thankfully West Virginia has

a Dem gov! What if they didn't have a Dem gov..would it still go to another Dem?

Hope you get better, Senator Byrd!

[Arkana]

2. Great. Getting a Democrat elected other than Byrd or Rockefeller

in WV will be nigh-impossible.

[Raine1967]

3. Have their been any reports on how he is doing healthwise?

It all seems so quiet. His illness seems to be cloaked in a bit of secrecy. I remember hearing that he was hospitalized for an unknown illness.

This does not bode well for the Senator. :(