Does MA have a law where the governor can only appoint a senate replacement from a preapproved list from the legislature?? Cuz that's the only way Warren would be at least a non-detrimental pick.
Probably? Maybe? Despite the overwhelming democratic majority of the legislature, which I'm pretty sure is large enough to override any veto, Massachusetts politics is really weird with a surprising number of conservatives. Let the legislature go ahead and pass the law now and then let's talk about Warren.
The Massachusetts General Court has already changed the relevant law twice in the past twenty years, both times for nakedly partisan reasons--first to prevent Romney from replacing Kerry if he had won in 2004, then to allow Patrick to replace Ted Kennedy after he died in 2009.
