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Rep. Davis: I Was Offered Ill. Senate Seat
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Rep. Danny Davis tells Lynn Sweet Blagojevich offered him the vacant seat through an attorney, but he turned it down.
"I indicated I came to the conclusion there was too much discomfort on my part and the part of my family." ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central —
... Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) told the Chicago Sun-Times that an attorney for Gov. Rod Blagojevich told him last week that he was being offered the appointment to Barack Obama's Senate seat. Davis is an African-American, like Roland Burris -- but unlike Burris, Davis turned it down. ...
Blago's process
Ben Smith's Blog —
Nice details from Lynn Sweet:
Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) would like to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate. The appointment was dangled before him last Wednesday. He turned it down.
ALSO, some great Illinois backstory:
Rush did not invoke racial solidarity when Obama faced a Senate primary in 2004. Rush backed another candidate, Blair Hull, payback for Obama's failed challenge to unseat Rush in 2002.
Blago Asked IL Rep. Danny Davis To Accept Senate Appointment Before Offering It To Burris
TalkLeft —
The Blago Farce becomes even more farcical: Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) would like to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate. The appointment was dangled before him last Wednesday. He turned it down. We discussed why when we talked Tuesday night, hours after a defiant Gov. Blagojevich, facing impeachment for, among other charges, trying to sell the Obama seat, tapped former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris for the spot, touching off a racially inflammatory firestorm. Davis, speaking on the phone from Chicago, said he met ...
Race-baiting hypocrite: Blocking Burris would put Reid in same position as George Wallace
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... at the presser. Only a neo-segregationist would oppose the Senate’s only black member, says a guy who himself endorsed a white Democrat in the Senate primary four years ago over his old nemesis, Barack Obama. He called Blago’s actions “heinous” earlier this month, too, and agreed with Democratic consensus that he ...
Roland Burris On The Offensive: Race May Be An Issue
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... That's the question that Roland Burris is raising, anyway! When Danny K. Davis - also African-American - was offered the appointment, Davis seemed concerned that a person of his qualifications would not be seated precisely because Blagojevich has "problems." ...
Roland Burris On The Offensive: Race May Be An Issue
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... That's the question that Roland Burris is raising, anyway! When Danny K. Davis - also African-American - was offered the appointment, Davis seemed concerned that a person of his qualifications would not be seated precisely because Blagojevich has "problems." ...
George Wallace, Bull Connor, & Lynching Invoked in Bizarre Blagojevich Drama
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... Lynn Sweet: Davis said thanks, but no thanks - 'TOO MUCH TURMOIL' | Congressman had sought seat, but when offered turned it down ...
Political Confetti
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
... Blago's Senate pick. Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) reveals that he was Blago's first choice, while Roland Burris ...
Wednesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... the chamber's swearing-in ceremony next week. * Burris was, apparently, Blagojevich's second choice -- Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) turned the governor down last week. * Speaking of Blagojevich, Patrick Fitzgerald wants ...
