Obama resigning...

[YRABNNRM]

...from the Senate effective Sunday.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_senate

[Хahar 🤔]

Interesting. Giving his successor a leg up?

[Torie]

Interesting. Giving his successor a leg up?

Sure.

[Ronnie]

We should know very soon who Blagojevich will appoint.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Interesting. Giving his successor a leg up?

Sure.

I thought they had changed the rules such that eleventh-hour retirements and appointments don't affect seniority?

(Or is that not applicable in this case because Obama wasn't re-elected to the Senate this year?)

[Lunar]

Obama doesn't want to show up at a lame duck Congress but he wants his vote to help the auto bailout

[Torie]

Interesting. Giving his successor a leg up?

Sure.

I thought they had changed the rules such that eleventh-hour retirements and appointments don't affect seniority?

(Or is that not applicable in this case because Obama wasn't re-elected to the Senate this year?)

I don't know. You are way ahead of the curve vis a vis me on that one.

[Eraserhead]

We should know very soon who Blagojevich will appoint.

Probably not until late December.

[Lunar]

Also, Obama may wish to avoid the Lieberman vote.

We should know very soon who Blagojevich will appoint.

Probably not until late December.

Unless the Democrats need an extra vote for the auto bailout.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Interesting. Giving his successor a leg up?

Sure.

I thought they had changed the rules such that eleventh-hour retirements and appointments don't affect seniority?

(Or is that not applicable in this case because Obama wasn't re-elected to the Senate this year?)

That only applies when it's involving office space; Obama's replacement will be ahead of the other Democratic incoming Senators in terms of seniority.