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blogs.suntimes.com - 2/24/2009

Burris and Durbin to meet Tuesday afternoon. Scoop: Burris not resigning but signaling won't run ...

— blogs.suntimes.com — WASHINGTON--Embattled Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) meets with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Tuesday afternoon. Burris understands that... he needs to try to mollify Durbin and he will attempt to do that. Scoop: Burris will also be sending, directly or ... (more) Burris and Durbin to meet Tuesday afternoon. Scoop: ...

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suntimes.com - 2/21/2009

Federal authorities question Burris about appointment :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Roland Burris

— suntimes.com — Federal authorities questioned U.S. Senator Roland Burris today at his lawyer's office -- a long-awaited interview involving... his U.S. Senate seat appointment — the Sun-Times-NBC/5 team has learned. Burris is not accused of wrongdoing but was ... (more) Federal authorities question Burris about appointment  ...

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blogs.suntimes.com - 2/19/2009

Burris in the bunker. Cancels Thursday schedule. Durbin frosty Burris statement

— blogs.suntimes.com — WASHINGTON--Embattled Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) is cancelling his Thursday schedule, where he was to have met with... Rockford area civic, elected and religious leaders as Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) sent out a very frosty statement, saying Burris failed ... (more) Burris in the bunker. Cancels Thursday schedule. Durbin ...

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Burris’ Engraving Issues
Six Meat Buffet — Maybe it’s a bit premature to finish the great wall of accomplishments on the Burris mausoleum. The pressure on Burris is literally increasing by the hour, with the latest damaging comments straight from Air Force One, where Robert Gibbs, President ...

POLITICO: Dems Abandon Burris. Hey, the stimulus passed, so now he’s just a liability….
Instapundit — POLITICO: Dems Abandon Burris. Hey, the stimulus passed, so now he’s just a liability.

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Daily Pundit — Dems abandon Burris - Manu Raju and Martin Kady II - Politico.com Durbin, who earlier in the day told the Chicago Tribune that “at this point, his future in the Senate seat is in question,” said in the statement that “Every day there are more and more revelations about contacts with Blagojevich advisors, efforts at fundraising and omissions from his list of lobbying clients. This was not the full disclosure under oath that we asked for.” But..But…but… I thought it was racist to oppose the ...

"If I've done the things I've been accused of, I would be too embarrassed to stand up here because you are all my friends."
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The Caucus — ... , Mr. Burris, “who thought he was crowning his pioneering career with a position at the political pinnacle finds himself fighting to save both his job and his reputation.” And the Politico has other bleak news for Mr. Burris. He is “rapidly losing any political support he once had among colleagues, with Democrats from the statehouse to the White House raising questions about his entanglements with ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.”