yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/18/2009
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I think it’s fair to say that Roland Burris’ debut as a U.S. Senator is not going so well :
In the latest in a series of shifting accounts of his conduct, Sen. Roland W. Burris (D-Ill.) told reporters that he tried to raise money for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the same time ...
washingtonpost.com - 2/19/2009
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Clouds Gather Over Roland Burris
politico.com - 2/19/2009
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Dick Durbin tells the Chicago Tribune that Burris's 'future
in the Senate is in question.’
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Dems abandon Burris
blogs.suntimes.com - 2/19/2009
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WASHINGTON--Embattled Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) is cancelling his
Thursday schedule, where he was to have met with
Rockford area civic, elected and religious leaders as Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) sent out a very frosty statement, saying Burris failed ...
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Burris in the bunker. Cancels Thursday schedule. Durbin ...
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2/18: It's Time To Go, Roland
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... : state criminal investigation, Senate ethics probe, and calls to resign, including from the Chicago Tribune . Maybe Blago's spectacular fall has skewed our sense of what a political flameout looks like. But by any usual standard, Burris is in deep, deep trouble." Think Progress ' Matthew Yglesias : "I think it's fair to say that Roland Burris' debut as a U.S. Senator is ...
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