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suntimes.com - 1/3/2009

Sources: Reid pressured governor on Senate replacement :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich

— suntimes.com — Reid pressured Blagojevich not to appoint Jackson Jr. to Obama's U.S. Senate seat Days before Gov. Blagojevich... was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made ... (more) Sources: Reid pressured governor on Senate replacement  ...

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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/4/2009

Blagojevich says Sen. Reid sought to influence his Obama replacement pick

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — A quick update on the Democrats' molten stew that is the scandal surrounding Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich... and his controversial appointment of Roland Burris as the state's new senator to fill the vacant seat of president-elect Barack Obama .  ... (more) Blagojevich says Sen. Reid sought to influence his Obama ...

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Harry Reid

Rod Blagojevich

Barack Obama

Roland Burris

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firedoglake.com - 1/2/2009

Cornyn Uses Reid’s Burris Tactics to Refuse Seating Franken

— firedoglake.com — Over at Swampland, K-Tum has the inside scoop on how the Democrats plan to keep Burris from... being sworn in: The first thing the Senate leadership plans to do is to demand, under Rule 2 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a certificate ... (more) Cornyn Uses Reid’s Burris Tactics to Refuse Seating Franken

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Harry Reid

Al Franken

Roland Burris

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TalkLeft — The Blago/Burris Farce has some Left bloggers simply losing their perspective. Consider Chris Bowers: A new story in the Chicago Sun-Times indicates that, the day before Blagojevich's calls were taped, Harry Reid pushed Blagojevich not to appoint the three leading African-American politicians in Illinois (after Barack Obama, of course). According [sic] using "electability" as the rationale, Reid did advocate on behalf of two candidates, one of whom, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, attempted to remove Blgaojevich via judicial coup. If the Senate's move to block Roland Burris wasn't already viewed as a political move ...