WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson was in critical condition early Thursday, a hospital official said, after late-night brain surgery that followed hospitalization for stroke-like symptoms.It's sounding more and more like power may be shifting in the Senate once again.
Johnson was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday, just weeks after his party gained a one-seat Senate majority in midterm elections, effective Jan. 4, 2007.
A person in George Washington University Hospital's media relations office said the hospital was preparing to announce that Johnson's condition was critical. The employee, who declined to be identified because a formal statement was pending, would not describe the surgery.
The surgery lasted past midnight Wednesday, and was disclosed by another official who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitive nature of the subject.
Although I wish Sen. Johnson well, I have to predict what I think will happen should he be unable to continue. I would expect an immediate call from the Dems for the GOP governor of South Dakota to appoint another Dem...out of respect for Sen. Johnson. There will be tremendous pressure from the Dems and the media to do just that, even though there was no call from the Dems for the Dem governor of Georgia to appoint another Republican when GOP Senator Paul Coverdale died suddenly in office a few years ago.
Just wait.
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