Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again.

So today we are going to talk about New Jersey and Senator Menendez, the outcome of those

proceedings and where things go from here politically because there's a

lot of questions about it. So if you have missed the news with everything else going on you would definitely be forgiven

but the proceedings involving Senator Bob Gold Bar Menendez have concluded he was found guilty on all counts. Now it is

worth noting that the jury at one point sent out a note asking about whether or not an acquittal

had to be unanimous.

So where does it go from here politically speaking? There was immediate

pressure on Menendez to resign. Now they can't force the resignation, they can put pressure. They could

expel. That is a process that would start with the ethics committee. They have indicated that they are going to

pursue an investigation and present options. I believe they use the term

speedy to describe it. Speedy to describe it.

Speedy in D.C. is a relative term.

So I don't know if it is going to occur quickly enough to happen before the election. It may not. They may want to

do that just to help preserve the seat. If they were to move for expulsion, it would

take 67 votes. Odds are they probably have the votes. They probably have the votes to do that.

Expelling a senator isn't something that occurs very often. I want to say, I don't know, maybe 15 times.

It's not something that happens often and I can only think of one that didn't directly have to do with the Civil War.

So that's where Menendez is. Now the obvious political question is, well what's going to happen to his seat?

I don't like to do election predictions, but given the fact that my Freudian slip about

senator Andy Kim already happened at this point I feel like something would have to go horribly wrong for Kim not to win.

That seems like the likely outcome, but it depends on who shows up, just like anything else.

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