No blue skies for Burris

From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum and Carrie Dann It might have gotten rained on, but Roland Burris definitely had a parade today on Capitol Hill.   Swarmed by a sopping pack of reporters, the self-described "junior senator from the state of Illinois" faced a wet and jostled journey as he made his way around the rainy Capitol campus this morning.  Burris' path -- to the third floor of the Capitol and then across Constitution Avenue -- was marked by shouting television producers and officials who scrambled to usher Burris to an outdoor press conference site after his credentials had been officially deemed unacceptable by the Secretary of the Senate.   Under the cold rain, Burris delivered an uncharacteristically short statement (less than 35 seconds) to inform reporters, "I presented my credentials to the Secretary of the Senate and was advised that my credentials were not in order, I would not be accepted, nor will I be seated, nor will I be permitted on the floor."  ...( read ... (link)