thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/30/2008
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The Illinois governor will name Roland W. Burris, the former state comptroller and attorney general, to fill Illinois's vacant seat.
chicagobreakingnews.com - 12/30/2008
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burris400.jpg Then Governor-elect Rod Blagojevich introduces his board
of advisors, including Roland Burris (to the governor's left)...
in November 2002. (Tribune file photo / Chuck Berman) Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected today to name former Illinois ...
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Blagojevich to name Burris to Senate
suntimes.com - 12/30/2008
chicagotribune.com - 12/30/2008
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected today to name
former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris to replace President-elect...
Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. The action comes despite warnings by Democratic Senate leaders that they would not seat anyone ...
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Beleaguered Blagojevich will go ahead and appoint a Senator: Roland Burris.
Althouse —
"Mr. Burris, 71 and a Democrat, is a longtime political player in this state, who has run for governor before, including mounting a primary challenge against Mr. Blagojevich. Mr. Obama backed him over Mr. Blagojevich in that race." ...
Blago Will Try To Seat Senator, But Reid Objects
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... it seems plausible that some Republicans would vote against expulsion, perhaps by suggesting that to expel Burris would be an abuse of their Constitutional authority. Their real motivation, of course, might be to give the Blagojevich story legs heading into 2010. _____ 12:58 PM: What's more shocking? That a fairly credible candidate actually decided to accept Rod Blagojevich's appointment? Or that Harry Reid is actually showing some spine? The Times: Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois will name ...
Blago Appoints Burress
Matthew Yglesias —
... Wow. Despite requests from essentially everybody to avoid appointing a senator to fill Barack Obama’s senate seat, Ron Blagojevic has decided to tap Illinois Attorney-General Roland Burris to the seat. Back in 2002, Burris ran against Blagojevic in the primary with Obama’s support. The Senate Democrats aren’t happy: ...
Good for You, Asshole!
Whiskey Fire —
... I completely approve of Blagojevich's decision to go ahead and name a new senator. Yeah, he's being an asshole, but there's a certain "joie de fuck you" quality to the announcement that you just have to admire. This is a man who owns his asshole-ness. "Yeah, I have this stupid haircut, and you think I'm I'm going to jail, but here's your motherfucking Senator, and if you don't like it, bite me, suckers!" It's the kind of attitude you see in, say, your more self-aware bass players, and at least from a distance it's almost endearing. ...
The Powell Precedent
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
My vacation has limited my blog reading, so I assume someone else has already discussed this. But since I haven't seen it much, I feel compelled to point out that missed in many discussions about the Burris appointment is the fact that the Senate is probably unable to prevent him from being seated as a matter of constitutional law. The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 (and 8-0 among justices deciding on the merits) in ...
joie de fuck you
ArchPundit —
... to go ahead and name a new senator. Sure, he’s being an asshole, but there’s a certain “joie de fuck you” quality to the announcement that you just have to admire. This is a man who owns his asshole-ness. “Yeah, I have this stupid haircut, and you think I’m I’m going to jail, but here’s your motherfucking Senator, and if you don’t like it, bite me, suckers!” It’s the kind of attitude you see in, say, your more self-aware bass players, and at least from a distance it’s almost endearing. ...
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Cuba looks for hints of ‘change’ from Obama —
msnbc.com: Politics 12/30/2008
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IL Sec/State refuses to sign off —
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From NBC's Domenico MontanaroIllinois Secretary of State Jesse White put out a statement saying that although he has "respect for former Attorney General Roland Burris" he "cannot co-sign a document that certifies any appointment by Rod Blagojevich ...
Blagojevich, defiant, makes pick anyway —
First Read 12/30/2008
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Bush to meet south Sudan president next week —
Reuters: Politics 12/31/2008
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