Daily Kos

by Walter Alarkon - 12/17/08 9:18 AM ET

President-elect Obama’s selection of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack (D-Iowa) as Agriculture secretary takes another possible 2010 Democratic Senate candidate out of the mix, writes brownsox. Vilsack would have been a strong opponent to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R), the blogger notes. The appointment system to fill vacated Senate seats gives an advantage to candidates with famous names and is more likely to lead to corruption or nepotism than special elections, writes kos.

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