politico.com - 1/7/2009
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A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is denying an AP report that Roland Burris will be seated in the Senate. The report is "wrong," said Reid spokesman Jim Manley.
"There are have been no decisons," Manley said.
firedoglake.com - 1/7/2009
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firedoglake.com —
I want to play poker with Harry Reid.
Really I do. Rather than call for a special
election in Illinois, Reid sends a letter to Blagojevich signed by everyone in the Democratic caucus asking him to step down. They assert that they will not seat ...
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I Want to Play Poker with Harry Reid
cbs2chicago.com - 1/7/2009
chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/7/2009
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chicagobreakingnews.com —
WASHINGTON -- A day after the U.S. Senate
barred Roland Burris from being seated, Majority Leader Harry
Reid left the door open to his admittance. After a 45-minute meeting this morning between Burris, Reid and his lieutenant, Sen.Dick Durbin, Reid ...
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Senate leader leaves door ajar for Burris
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Whoopie Cushions in the Senate: Burris to be seated
Daily Kos —
... for which the World's Greatest Deliberative Body is supposedly famous? This really should have been a "we'll see how things develop" situation from the get-go, and now it's just a giant embarrassment. And yet another situation in which the Senators insisted they knew the rules and the law better than the Cheeto-munching morons of the blogosphere, and yet the blogosphere ends up calling it right. Duh. Duh, duh, duh! UPDATE: Politico says Reid's office is denying this report. And you know what? I almost hope it's ...
Dem Aide: Obama Team Pushed To Seat Burris
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Confusion remains as to what will happen with Burris. While reports signaled his imminent seating, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the AP report was "wrong," and that "there have been no decisions." ...
Dem Aide: Obama Team Pushed To Seat Burris
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Confusion remains as to what will happen with Burris. While reports signaled his imminent seating, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the AP report was "wrong," and that "there have been no decisions." ...
Moronic Dems Utterly Fail the Media/Rhetoric Game, Again
Corrente —
... I'm really tempted to make a Chinatown joke here ("My mother! My sister!") but the situation is funny enough as it is. Will he or won't he? I guess no one is sure. Now that's Leadership! Reid denies, says ...
Is Reid Primed for a Meltdown?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Harry Reid has pledged that the United States Senate will not seat Roland Burris, and despite recent reports to the contrary, Reid's people are still out there saying that Burris isn't welcome. Reid has also declared that Norm Coleman will " ...
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Burris writes Reid
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Reid's blocking of Burris not about race, Reid declares
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Reid, Punk’d By Blago Over Burris, Rejects The Rule Of Law
firedoglake.com 1/2/2009 — Harry Reid's back is against the wall.
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Obama, Reid, Burris and the Chicago Way
sistertoldjah.com 1/9/2009 — ChiTribune colmnist John Kass serves up stinging criticisms of how Obama handled the Roland Burris drama. What, you, ask? You didn’t know Obama got involved in it and pushed Reid into accepting Burris? Indeed, he did :
So the Chicago Way ...
Cornyn Uses Reid’s Burris Tactics to Refuse Seating Franken
firedoglake.com 1/2/2009 — 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 ...
Reid cracks Senate door open for Burris
thehill.com 1/4/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) indicated Sunday that there is a chance that controversial Illinois Senate appointee Roland Burris could be seated in the upper chamber. SEE RELATED STORY Reid, who appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said ...
Reid Is Backing Down As Fast As He Can
reason.com 1/7/2009 — The Washington Post and The Boston Globe are both reporting that the Senate's Democratic leaders, after insisting that no one appointed by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich would be allowed to replace Barack Obama, are getting ready to ...
Harry Reid’s Doing the Right Thing
firedoglake.com 1/2/2009 — I've had my problems with Reid over the years, but he's not in the wrong on Blagojevich and Burris. This is not a racial issue. Long before Burris, a black man, was appointed by a corrupt governor, Reid said he wouldn't allow anyone, anyone, ...
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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.
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