We cats were very sorry to hear today of the death of Senator Frank Lautenberg — not because he didn't live a long, fulfilling life, but because we still fondly remember how he pulled the Democrats' butt out of the fire when Bob Torricelli imploded back in 2002.
But Frank Lautenberg was also a political animal, and we're sure he'd appreciate our instant reaction to his now-open Senate seat: What will Chris Christie do?
The way we cats see it, Christie has two choices, neither very appealing for him. He could appoint a right-winger, which could hurt his re-election effort this fall, and which — assuming that the appointee runs for the seat in his or her own right — probably makes it easier for Cory Booker to win in 2014.
Or does Christie appoint a moderate — assuming there are any such folks left in the Republican Party? If he does, it probably erases any threat to his gubernatorial re-election — but it would really hurt him with the wacky Republican base in 2016.
That's what we call a classic case of the rock and the hard place. And just like Lloyd Bridges in the movie "Airplane" ("Looks like I picked the wrong year to stop drinking/smoking"), maybe Chris Christie picked the wrong year to stop eating.
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