Published 1/4/2009
by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
at CNN Political Ticker
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D Nevada, is not pulling any punches in what is increasingly shaping up to be a likely confrontation between Senate Democrats and Roland Burris, who has been named by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat.
“Blagojevich obviously is a corrupt individual. I [...]
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