It's OK to Speculate

The Charleston Gazette continues to report that Governor Manchin consistantly denies any speculation about possible replacement for Senator Byrd's seat. Yesterday, Allison Knezevich quoted the governor as saying, "I'm not looking at anything right now." I find this hard to believe that the Governor is giving this no thought whatsoever, and for the sake of a rational contingency plan, I hope some serious thought is put into a possible replacement. It is ridiculous to think that anyone is wishing ill upon the Senator, but I do not think it is out of the question to give some thought to the future.