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swside.blogspot.com - 12/31/2008
Congressman Rush declares Blagojevich "politicall unfit" to appoint Obama Senate seat successor
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2008 Congressman Rush Declares Gov. Rod Blagojevich as Politically Unfit to Appoint Senate Successor WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, on Capitol Hill, Congressman Bobby L. Rush provided the following statement in response to press queries about the shocking arrest, ...
Blagojevich to name Burris to Senate
chicagobreakingnews.com - 12/30/2008
Blagojevich to name Burris to Senate
— chicagobreakingnews.com — 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 ... (more) Blagojevich to name Burris to Senate

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chicagotribune.com - 12/30/2008
BLAGOJEVICH'S LATEST MOVE: Rod Blagojevich expected to name Burris to Obama senate seat -
— chicagotribune.com — 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 ... (more) BLAGOJEVICH'S LATEST MOVE: Rod Blagojevich expected to ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 12/30/2008
Blagojevich Pick Raised Money For The Governor
— huffingtonpost.com — Rod Blagojevich's choice to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, Roland Burris, helped raise money for the governor... on multiple occasions. Blagojevich's choice is already being met with a steep wave of skepticism, because the embattled Illinois ... (more) Blagojevich Pick Raised Money For The Governor

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Political Punch:  Bobby Rush: Senators Blocking Burris from Senate Would Be Like Bull Connor and Other Infamous Racists of Yore

Daily Kos:  Bobby Rush And The Bottom Line

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Bobby Rush: Senators Blocking Burris from Senate Would Be Like Bull Connor and Other Infamous Racists of Yore
Political Punch — ... and turned fire hoses on peaceful civil rights marchers. When it was pointed out that President-elect Obama -- who unsuccessfully challenged Rush for his congressional seat in 2000 -- also believes Burris should not be seated because of the Blago taint, Rush said, "all these folks who are opposed to Gov. Blagojevich, they need to take a chill pill, we are still a nation of laws." He predicted "the U.S. Senate will have to accept him."All of this is a huge turnaround for Mr. Rush. On December 9, the congressman said , “I believe that the acts that are alleged to have been ...

Bobby Rush And The Bottom Line
Daily Kos — ... Well, I think what needs--what needs to happen now is that all these folks who are opposed to Governor Blagojevich, they need to take a chill pill. We're still a nation of laws and I believe that Roland Burris and Governor Blagojevich, they're on solid constitutional grounds in terms of them being--of him being selected. ...he has the constitutional responsibility as governor of the state of Illinois to appoint. But that's not what Rush was saying after Blagojevich was arrested: I believe that the acts that are alleged to ...

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