WV Gov. Machin appoints 36 yr. old Carte Goodwin to fill Byrd's seat

[BluegrassDem]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BYRD_SEAT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-07-16-10-29-45

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Gov. Joe Manchin is tapping former chief counsel Carte Goodwin, a member of a prominent West Virginia family, to succeed the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Democratic officials told The Associated Press on Friday.

Three people familiar with the governor's pick spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment ahead of an official announcement.

Manchin is scheduled to present his appointee at a Friday afternoon press conference at the Capitol.

The 36-year-old Goodwin, a Charleston lawyer, would hold the seat until November. That's when the governor wants general election voters to decide who will serve the final two years of Byrd's term. The Legislature has begun a special session to consider a proposal from Manchin to allow for a fall vote.

[WI_DEM]

1. Good, now get him in there so he can vote on extending unemployment benefits.

[Deep13]

2. +1

[Bitwit1234]

3. I just hope

the Democrats finally get the guts to break the back of republican opposition to everything. If there was some way the MSM could get a conscience and realize they are just as bad as republicans, and are holding back the recovery, maybe the public might know what is happening. I live in a practically all Democratic area and yet, here, you don't get anything in the news or on TV about the republicans. Their tentacles reach all the way up here in northern Minnesota.

[bigdarryl]

4. This guy looks like he could have potential

the one thing American people love especially woman are looks which he has

[bigdarryl]

5. keep in mind he's probably a corporate Democrat coming from West Virginia