Schakowsky: Rush added racial tone (Politico)

RedState Chief Defends Racist 'Magic Negro' Song
news.aol.com 12/30/2008 — Director and Editor of RedState.com Erick Erickson responded to my column yesterday by defending the ra cist song "Barack the Magic Negro," and RNC chair candidate Chip Saltsman's gift thereof. Here's a taste: Some Moron Thinks He Knows What He's ...

Who Is Roland Burris?
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/30/2008 — So who is Roland Burris, the man who will reportedly be appointed by Rod Blagojevich to Barack Obama's Senate seat? Burris is an experienced and respected hand in Illinois politics, who offered himself up as a potential appointee about two and a ...

Blago: Don't "Lynch" Me!
blogs.tnr.com 12/30/2008 — His extraordinary press conference this afternoon seems to reveal a plan to use the politics of race in his defense. "Don't lynch the appointor," he could be heard calling out to reporters after he left the podium. Bonus weirdness: An ...

The race card is played: Don't "hang or lynch" the black man chosen by Rod Blagojevich :: Toby Harnden
blogs.telegraph.co.uk 12/30/2008 — Taking to the podium at the end of a bizarre, shambolic press conference in which Governor Rod Blagojevich sought to appoint Roland Burris to the US Senate, Congressman Bobby Rush dared white Democratic senators to block a black man from joining their ...

Breaking: Blago To Fill Obama's Seat
minx.cc 12/31/2008 — Chutzpah, defiance and the hair...that's the Blago we've come to know and loathe. Gov. Blagojevich today is expected to name former state Comptroller and Attorney General Roland Burris to Illinois' vacant U.S. Senate seat, a knowledgeable source said ...

Rep. Rush: Don't "Hang Or Lynch" Burris Because Of Blagojevich — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Rep. Rush: Don’t Lynch This “Black” Guy Blago Named To The “Black” Prez’s Senate Seat - w/Video — Pat Dollard | Young Americans

Blagojevich Turns Up The Heat — Wizbang

As expected, Rep. Rush plays the race card — Sister Toldjah

You knew that the race card would have to be played — Betsy's Page

Blago to appoint former IL AG — First Read 12/30/2008
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Chuck ToddIn a surprise move, embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to name former state Attorney General Roland Burris to replace President-elect Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Chicago Tribune and others ...

Blagojevich to appoint Burris to Senate seat: report — Reuters: Politics 12/30/2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will appoint Democratic former state Attorney General Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune reported on Tuesday.

Report: Blagojevich to name Obama successor — CNN.com - Politics 12/30/2008
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected Tuesday to name former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, CNN affiliates the Chicago Tribune and WLS-TV reported, citing sources familiar with the decision.

Obama: Blagojevich appointee shouldn't be seated (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/30/2008
AP - President-elect Barack Obama says he supports the decision by Senate Democrats to deny his vacated Senate seat to an appointee of embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. On Tuesday, Blagojevich appointed former Illinois Attorney General ...

Not so fast: Senate has a say on Obama's successor (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/31/2008
AP - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has named a successor to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, but Democratic leaders who control the Senate say they will refuse to seat Blagojevich's pick, former state Attorney General Roland Burris.