firedoglake.com - 1/1/2009
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The NYT says that Danny Davis was initially offered Barack Obama's Senate seat on December 24, but he turned it down on Friday the 26th. He did, however, recommend Burris for the position. Blagojevich made the offer on Sunday, and Burris accepted:
On Monday, before the plan was ...
chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/1/2009
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chicagobreakingnews.com —
Democrat Roland Burris went to the Illinois Supreme
Court today to fight to be seated in the...
U.S. Senate. Burris, appointed by disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday to the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama, asked the justices to force ...
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Burris goes to court for Senate seat
blogs.chicagotribune.com - 1/1/2009
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blogs.chicagotribune.com —
Roland Burris is a disagreeable mediocrity as a
politician. Voters have rightly rejected him numerous times in...
his bids for higher office—governor, U.S. senator, mayor of Chicago—because he's at least six parts ego to one part performance, a ...
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Democratic circus deserves Burris | Change of Subject
firedoglake.com - 12/31/2008
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firedoglake.com —
Having had a chance to digest all the
back-and-forth over the appointment of Burris, I really can't...
see any reason why the Senate should not seat him. The Illinois legislature had their chance to strip Blago of his appointment power and call a ...
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If The Senate Democrats Accept Lieberman, Why Not Burris?
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Blago
Eschaton —
I really think the Senate Dems are going to make themselves look ridiculous if they try to avoid seating Burris. Whatever one thinks of Blago, he's still the governor, and he hasn't even been indicted or impeached. If there's no suggestion that this specific appointment is tainted, then I really don't see what the problem is. ...
Happy new year
the talking dog —
... I should probably just leave it at that, and say, welcome to 2009. I should probably not mention a pair of great FDL pieces ( one by Jane Hamsher and ...
No Welcome Mat For Burris
Swampland —
... resisted the idea of a special election to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat. As it stands, Blagojevich is still the Governor of Illinois, and Burris meets the constitutional requirements for being a Senator: He is over 30 years old, has been a citizen for at least nine years and is a resident of the state that he would represent. The most relevant legal precedent would suggest that Congress does not have the power to add any other requirements.
Over at Firedoglake, Jane Hamsher and Ian Welsh have an interesting debate going on about which side is ...
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sistertoldjah.com 12/31/2008 — Despite the heap of legal troubles he’s in, Governor Blago today announced his pick for Obama’s Senate seat (and no, it isn’t Senate Candidate #5 ):
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CNN Political Ticker 1/2/2009
CNN: Analysis: Constitutional fight looms over Senate seat
The U.S. Senate is considered the most exclusive legislative body in the country, and members of its majority say they will not accept Roland Burris — tapped by embattled Illinois Gov. ...
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