Because for starters, he won't be appointing anyone to those seats. That's not how it works. There will be primaries, then a general election, just like any other electoral cycle. The governor doesn't get to pick who gets those seats. He can endorse a candidate, but he can't just assign someone.

Okay. But let me do a little magic trick for you. I have a fortune predicting device that helps me. It's called a "Magic 8 Ball." It tells me that those five seats will be filled with *shakes ball* corporate friendly conservative democrats. Someone should give this thing Nate Silver's job.