Roland Burris v Senate: Showdown live
swamppolitics.com 1/6/2009 — by Mike Dorning and Mark Silva "I am the senator,'' says Roland Burris, the former attorney general from Illinois appointed to fill the Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama. No, he is not, insist the Democratic leaders of the Senate ...

Stand Up (video)
youtube.com 10/13/2008 — CHYRON: Today, John McCain urged Americans to stand up for his campaign.MCCAIN: "Stand up to defend our country from its enemies. Stand up. Stand up an...

Who Is Roland Burris?
dcexaminer.com 1/13/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has climbed down from his initial refusal to allow the seating of Roland Burris to succeed  President-elect Barack Obama as the junior senator from Illionis. Burris was appointed by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod ...

Roland Burris for U.S. Senate
supportburris.com 3/2/2009 — Roland W. Burris for U.S. Senate Support Roland Burris in 2010 Home Biography Family Additional Info Endorsements Issues Legislation Accomplishments News Articles Press Releases Events Photos & Videos Downloads Contribute Welcome! Thank ...

Roland Burris for U.S. Senate
supportburris.com 3/2/2009 — Roland W. Burris for U.S. Senate Support Roland Burris in 2010 Home Family Biography Accomplishments Additional Info Endorsements Issues Legislation News Articles Press Releases Events Photos & Videos Downloads Contribute Legislation  ...

Mr. Burris Goes To Washington
firedoglake.com 1/7/2009 — The Secretary of the Senate turned Burris away. Chris Cilizza is on my teevee saying "everything in the Senate is like high school." No kidding. The optics of this are just awful. MSNBC is saying that they're trying to give Burris ...

Burris: White regrets Senate hold up :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich
suntimes.com 1/8/2009 — Roland Burris — the senator-designate from Illinois — said upon landing at Midway Airport Wednesday that Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White told him that if he had to do it all over again, he just would have signed Burris' Senate appointment. But ...

Daily Dolt: Roland Burris
archpundit.com 1/27/2009 — Sigh Speaking this morning at a Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast, the state’s new junior U.S. senator, Roland Burris said that without Burris’ own trailblazing, Barack Obama never would have been elected president. “If there was no Martin Luther ...

Burris Begins
nbcchicago.com 1/22/2009 — Enough about Barack Obama s first day in office. What about Rollin Roland Burris ? Around noon Wednesday, Burris' sparsely furnished office was occupied by three staffers, at least two of whom were there on a temporary basis, the Bloomington ...

Report: Burris Will Get Obama Senate Seat - Political Hotsheet
cbsnews.com 1/7/2009 — Roland Burris, the man appointed to Barack Obama's Senate seat by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, will be allowed to take the seat, according to the Associated Press. Spokespersons for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Illinois Sen. Dick ...

Senate Appointee Makes Inroads — Wash Post In Congress 1/8/2009
Roland W. Burris, an also-ran for most of his career in Illinois politics, is on the verge of winning a showdown in Washington that has pitted him against the leaders of the U.S. Senate and the president-elect.

Senate Democrats move to seat Burris — Reuters: Politics 1/8/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In an abrupt switch, Democratic leaders began talks on Wednesday to swear in Roland Burris, appointed by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate.

Dem leaders battered by Hurricane Burris (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/8/2009
Politico - Harry Reid is poised to let Roland Burris take a seat in the Senate — an embarrassing about-face for a Democratic leader at the pinnacle of his power.

Despite His Party's Majority, Senate Leader Harry Reid Gets Off to a Rough Start — Wash Post In Congress 1/8/2009
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) hoped his party would come out of the gates hot this year, but this wasn't what he had in mind.

Illinois GOP wants look at Burris, Blagojevich ties — CNN.com - Politics 1/8/2009
Did Roland Burris secure his appointment to Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat through some kind of pay-to-play politics of the very sort that have tainted the man who appointed him, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich?