washingtonmonthly.com - 1/8/2009
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END GAME.... After this morning's developments, we can probably guess how the Roland Burris mess is going to turn out. Democratic leaders are not going to seat Roland Burris immediately, but are waiting for the outcome of pending court cases...
suntimes.com - 1/9/2009
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suntimes.com —
From Blagobusted.com: A potentially troublesome new detail emerged
about Roland Burris' controversial U.S. Senate appointment Thursday after
a state House panel voted unanimously to recommend Gov. Blagojevich be impeached.
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Change in Burris' story?
chicagotribune.com - 1/8/2009
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chicagotribune.com —
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate's Democratic majority opened
the way Wednesday for Roland Burris to become Illinois'
next senator, pressured by President-elect Barack Obama to remove a politically consuming distraction less than two weeks before he ...
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Senate's Democratic majority clears path for Roland Burris -
chicagotribune.com - 1/8/2009
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chicagotribune.com —
Roland "Tombstone" Burris, the amiable Illinois Democratic political
hack who is being called eminently qualified by the
national Democrats—perhaps because he's from Illinois and he hasn't been indicted—has almost reached his goal of being addressed ...
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Obama serves Reid taste of Chicago Way -
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1/8: The Trouble With Harry
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... 's Charles Lemos : "For heaven's sake, Harry pick your fights better. This fight over Roland Burris is over. Behind on points and cut about the eye, it's a TKO in the second round." The Washington Monthly 's Steve Benen : "I think it's fair to say Reid's handling of this has been, for lack of a better word, clumsy ." ...
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Senate Appointee Makes Inroads —
Wash Post In Congress 1/8/2009
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CNN.com - Politics 1/8/2009
Roland Burris has no doubt he is a U.S. senator. But before he gets seated in the nation's Capitol, the former state attorney general will be in Springfield, Illinois, on Thursday to explain his ties to that state's tainted governor.
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