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Rush says Senate Dems risk following in Bull Connor's footsteps

 

Published 12/31/2008 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

Rush spoke at Blagojevich’s press conference revealing the Burris pick. (CNN) — A day after warning critics of Roland Burris’s Senate appointment not to “hang or lynch” the former Illinois attorney general, Chicago congressman Bobby Rush said Democrats opposing Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s move to fill the open seat risk finding themselves “in the same position” as [...] (link)

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