Published 1/15/2009
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro Sixteen days after embattled (and now impeached) Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich defied Democratic Senate leadership, among others, and appointed Roland Burris -- the equivalent of a journeyman Minor League utility infielder -- to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate, Burris has now officially been sworn in.
After seeing his Big League office for the first time this morning (and even receiving tickets yesterday to distribube for the inaugural), Burris was sworn in by Vice President Dick Cheney early this afternoon on the Senate floor.
It has been quite the soap-operatic journey for Burris, Senate leadership and the president-elect. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , Senate No. 2 Dick Durbin and every other Democratic senator fired a warning shot letter off after Blagojevich was arrested Dec. 9 for allegedly trying to sell Obama's senate seat.
The Senate Democratic leadership vowed to not seat any Blagojevich appointment, as it ...
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