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Mild symptoms? How would anyone be able to assess the loss of the sense of taste?
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Met with Judge Barrett, too, which will be interesting if she has to quarantinejimbob wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 4:16 pmGOP Senator for Utah Mike Lee has also tested positive
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As you say, yes they can.monkey wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 3:18 pmNo they can't. 17th amendment says that senators are elected every 6 years. If a senator quits, dies, or is abducted by aliens, the governor gets to pick the temp, but must also call an election to pick the proper replacement.dyqik wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 11:22 amOnly 1/3 of the senator's terms expire. 22 Republicans and 11 Democrat senators terms expire, leaving 31 Rs and 36 Ds.
Replacement Senators can be appointed without an election, by the state governor though, so someone is going to have to do the math on how many D governors there are.
Separately, the house elections wouldn't have to be delayed, and states will hold them even if the presidential election is delayed. That leaves the speaker of the incoming house as president, almost certainly Pelosi.
That's exactly what I meant. It matters here in terms of the Presidential succession on Jan 21st, so before any special election could take place. If there's no president or VP, then it falls to the Speaker of the House, as chosen by the new Congress, and then the President pro tempore of the Senate, who is chosen by vote of the new Senate, including any appointed temps.
I don't know what happens to Congressional Reps if there's no Congressional election, but realistically, at least some states could declare a result there anyway, as votes have already been cast.
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Presumably that would blow a big hole in the timetable to get her through her nomination hearings unless they can do it via Zoom or something.EACLucifer wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 4:49 pmMet with Judge Barrett, too, which will be interesting if she has to quarantinejimbob wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 4:16 pmGOP Senator for Utah Mike Lee has also tested positive
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He was at the White House a few days ago
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Worth remembering we are only aware of this because a journalist found out Hope Hicks had it; I do wonder how many people they would have let Trump infect without that revelation.
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It's just the cancel the election part that I'm questioning. The whole point of the 17th amendment was to elect Senators every 6 years. Cancelling an election would contravene this, even if it's only a postponement. I don't doubt that an election can be contested and a temp put in till the redo (that happened in New Hampshire 1974), but the election must happen before it can be contested. It's just not as easy to put a temp in as you seem to be making out, there's at least one extra hurdle: you have to prove that you can't trust an election result first.dyqik wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 5:04 pmAs you say, yes they can.monkey wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 3:18 pmNo they can't. 17th amendment says that senators are elected every 6 years. If a senator quits, dies, or is abducted by aliens, the governor gets to pick the temp, but must also call an election to pick the proper replacement.dyqik wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 11:22 am
Only 1/3 of the senator's terms expire. 22 Republicans and 11 Democrat senators terms expire, leaving 31 Rs and 36 Ds.
Replacement Senators can be appointed without an election, by the state governor though, so someone is going to have to do the math on how many D governors there are.
Separately, the house elections wouldn't have to be delayed, and states will hold them even if the presidential election is delayed. That leaves the speaker of the incoming house as president, almost certainly Pelosi.
That's exactly what I meant. It matters here in terms of the Presidential succession on Jan 21st, so before any special election could take place. If there's no president or VP, then it falls to the Speaker of the House, as chosen by the new Congress, and then the President pro tempore of the Senate, who is chosen by vote of the new Senate, including any appointed temps.
I don't know what happens to Congressional Reps if there's no Congressional election, but realistically, at least some states could declare a result there anyway, as votes have already been cast.
Re: Trump has the virus
A line by Andy Zaltzman at the start of this week's News Quiz
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ISWYDT (even if you didn't mean to).Little waster wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 5:25 pmthe Dems could run the clock down without breaking a sweat.
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Wikipedia says that 35 seats are up for grabs, currently 23R and 12D. It seems there are a couple of special elections for which I don't know the details. Anyway, the figures below are based on those numbers.
The 12 Democrats mentioned above are from 12 different states, with 3 R and 9 D governors. One of the 3 is Alabama, where Doug Jones juuuust scraped home in 2017 against the creepy stalker of teens Roy Moore; if he's honest with himself he probably has not been planning a long Senate career since then.
The 23 Republicans are from 22 different states, but I will clone Georgia (2 elections) for present purposes. On that basis there are 16 R and 7 D governors for these 23 outgoing R senators.
Thus, if the election were to be cancelled and the governors were to appoint new senators along party lines, 23R/12D would become (3 + 16) = 19 R and (9 + 7 = 16) D.
The remaining senators (not contesting elections) are 30 R and 35 D (in fact 33 D plus two independents, but they can be counted with the Democrats -- one is Bernie Sanders). So the new Senate would be 49 R-51 D.
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Probably you're right there.monkey wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 5:44 pmIt's just the cancel the election part that I'm questioning. The whole point of the 17th amendment was to elect Senators every 6 years. Cancelling an election would contravene this, even if it's only a postponement. I don't doubt that an election can be contested and a temp put in till the redo (that happened in New Hampshire 1974), but the election must happen before it can be contested. It's just not as easy to put a temp in as you seem to be making out, there's at least one extra hurdle: you have to prove that you can't trust an election result first.dyqik wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 5:04 pmAs you say, yes they can.
That's exactly what I meant. It matters here in terms of the Presidential succession on Jan 21st, so before any special election could take place. If there's no president or VP, then it falls to the Speaker of the House, as chosen by the new Congress, and then the President pro tempore of the Senate, who is chosen by vote of the new Senate, including any appointed temps.
I don't know what happens to Congressional Reps if there's no Congressional election, but realistically, at least some states could declare a result there anyway, as votes have already been cast.
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Apparently being treated with "Regeneron's polyclonal antibody cocktail" https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/statu ... 46752?s=19
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There is now official confirmation from the White House physician that he is indeed in "good spirits"lpm wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:02 pmFirst "good spirits" has been sighted in the wild!
https://twitter.com/JoshNBCNews/status/ ... 3558196224.@NBCNews @PeterAlexander confirms Trump is experiencing “mild symptoms” of COVID, per a White House official. Says he’s in “good spirits
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I see he's "in good spirits".Stephanie wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:11 pmApparently being treated with "Regeneron's polyclonal antibody cocktail" https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/statu ... 46752?s=19
Next stop the intensive care ward then.
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Looks like that - apparently he's about to be flown to Walter Reed. Right now. News just broke.JQH wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:18 pmI see he's "in good spirits".Stephanie wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:11 pmApparently being treated with "Regeneron's polyclonal antibody cocktail" https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/statu ... 46752?s=19
Next stop the intensive care ward then.
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If he declined this fast - not a good advert for "Regeneron's polyclonal antibody cocktail".
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Sounds like the sort of snake oil Trump would go for, and would very sadly be ineffective. I mean it could be a genuine thing but it sounds dodgy.bob sterman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:27 pmIf he declined this fast - not a good advert for "Regeneron's polyclonal antibody cocktail".
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Allergic reaction?
Of course, Trump is a moany sh.t. Not a stoic patient. If I was his doctor, I'd order him onto a ventilator just to shut him up.
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From what I've seen of this before, it's a genuinely promising treatment, nothing like the pushing of hydrochloroquine, but it's still rather early in its development.Stephanie wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:11 pmApparently being treated with "Regeneron's polyclonal antibody cocktail" https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/statu ... 46752?s=19
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Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies are a legit treatment approach that's been under investigation for a while, and also proved the most successful approach in trials against Ebola. The question isn't is the approach woo, the question is "is this particular antibody cocktail effective given it's still quite early in its development, and if it is effective, is it effective enough to protect an obese 74yo who probably has a heart problem?"Grumble wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:39 pmSounds like the sort of snake oil Trump would go for, and would very sadly be ineffective. I mean it could be a genuine thing but it sounds dodgy.bob sterman wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:27 pmIf he declined this fast - not a good advert for "Regeneron's polyclonal antibody cocktail".
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Oop. Now he’s been transferred to Walter Reed.
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