Burris declares he's a senator despite controversy (AP) (flag)

news.yahoo.com — AP - Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator" despite boiling controversy over his appointment to President-elect Barack Obama's seat in Congress.

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Blago Pick Buriss DENIED ENTRY By Senate Democrats!
Gateway Pundit — Rod Blagojevich's pick for the Illinois Senate seat left vacant by Barack Obama was left out in the rain today. Roland Buriss was blocked from taking his place in the US Senate by democrats: Roland Buriss was not admitted into the senate by fellow Democrats. Yahoo reported: Roland Burris announced Tuesday he was rejected for Barack Obama's Senate seat, in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gaveling of the 111th Congress ...

Mr. Burris marches on Washington
Michelle Malkin — Scroll down for updates… High comedy on Capitol Hill as Illinois junior senator-designate Roland Burris takes D.C. by storm. Schadenfreude overload at the plight of Harry Reid squirming : Roland Burris has arrived on Capitol Hill in a steady rainfall and a swarm of television cameras to claim his Senate seat. Umbrellas partially shrouded Burris has he strode briskly toward the Capitol steps, followed closely by a large phalanx of reporters and photographers. It still wasn’t clear whether 71-year-old former Illinois attorney general would be allowed to take the oath of office ...

Harry Reid Gets his Way: Roland Burris Refused U.S. Senate Seat
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Not really a shocker since Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said for days that Roland Burris would not be seated today. Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris announced his rejection for Barack Obama’s Senate seat Tuesday in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gaveling of the 111th Congress into session. Standing amid a huge throng of reporters and television cameras in a cold and steady rain, Burris, 71, declared that he had been informed that “my credentials are not in order ...

Racist Senator Reid Calls For Firehoses, Dogs
Six Meat Buffet — Harry Reid prevents threatening black man from breaking into the U.S. Senate chambers. WASHINGTON – Roland Burris announced Tuesday he was rejected for Barack Obama’s Senate seat, in a bizarre rainy-day scene on the Capitol grounds as lawmakers awaited the gaveling ...

Dems Senate Shenanigans Continue
Flopping Aces — Democrats Bar Black Man from U.S. Senate Seat It’s official. Democrats have blocked Roland Burris from taking his seat in the Senate to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama. Senate Sgt. at Arms Terrance Gainer, left, shows Illinois U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris the door when Burris tried to take his seat in the U.S. Senate. Taint By Association Just two months ago Democrats insisted that any stain on Obama’s character by linking him to the ...

The Circus Is In Town
Classical Values — The Circus Is In Town Roland Burris, Bent Rod Blagojevich's nominee to take Barack Obama's old Senate Seat was turned away today because his papers were not in order. Just another distraction for the Democrats to deal with. I think if they get enough practice with distractions they will get good at dealing with them. Perhaps Mr. Obama needs a Distraction, Destruction, and Corruption Events Office to keep on top of all the interesting happenings in the Democrat party. One good thing so far is that they are turning on each other. We are in for the Years Of The Long Knives. ...

California Senator Dianne Feinstein Says Seat Roland Burris
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Di Fi may not like Leon Panetta for CIA Director but she can read the political tea leaves and now calls for the U.S. Senate to seat Roland Burris. ...

Does Sen. Feinstein Read The Letters She Signs?
TalkLeft — Sen. Diane Feinstein has decided that Roland Burris should be seated: Sen. Dianne Feinstein rejected the reasoning that all of the chamber's Democrats, herself included, had cited in a letter last week — that corruption charges against Burris' patron, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, tainted his appointment. "Does the governor have the power, under law, to make the appointment? And the answer is yes," said Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, which judges the credentials of senators. Funny, less than a month ago, ...

Mirror, Mirror
Whiskey Fire — ... But should Paterson chose to go with the celebrity appointment, let's hope the senators are not as ungracious to her as they were to Roland Burris (though it looks like it's at least partly an administrative thing back in Illinois). Maybe he should have had the foresight to be born a scion (admitedly, Andrew Cuomo had that foresight, and it didn't do him any good). ...

Bungling The Burris -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... problem? If you ask me, for damn sure It's that savvy blogger over at firedoglake; That would be Jane Hamsher. . Her basic point is so convincing; shouldn't Senator Reid be a bit Less angry with Burris & much more at that Traitor from Connecticut? Roland Burris Update In this chess game, he thinks he's the King Full of might and brawn The Lord didn't call him, Blago did, which That would be Makes him just a pawn. . Whatever the final outcome winds up to be Roland will feel ...