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suntimes.com - 1/3/2009

Roland Burris tells Lynn Sweet: 'We are the senator' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lynn Sweet

— suntimes.com — NO CIRCUS? | Says he'll try to avoid a scene when he shows up to claim seat WASHINGTON -- Roland Burris, being Roland Burris, put it to me this way Friday when we talked: "We are the senator." And we, that is he, the former Illinois attorney general, ... (more) Roland Burris tells Lynn Sweet: 'We are the senator'  ...

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 1/2/2009

Blagojevich v. The Senate: Going To The Mat

— swampland.blogs.time.com — Get ready for the standoff of Roland Burris to get even weirder, as Senate Democrats map out their options for dealing with disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to replace Barack Obama. Suffice it to say that none of them is pretty.  ... (more) Blagojevich v. The Senate: Going To The Mat

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suntimes.com - 1/2/2009

Senate opposition fiercer than Burris thinks :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lynn Sweet

— suntimes.com — Burris' trip to Washington on Monday sure to be a media circus WASHINGTON -- Roland Burris does not want to be in the face of the senators whose ranks he hopes to join, I am told. Yet Burris, appointed by the scandalized Gov. Blagojevich to replace ... (more) Senate opposition fiercer than Burris thinks :: ...

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Roland Burris

Rod Blagojevich

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Thank God?
ArchPundit — Bobby Rush thanks God for the appointment. LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFFJwwQx5Z0 And one more time Bobby Rush gets to stick it to Obama.    It’s hard to tell if the appeal to God or just the over the top race-baiting was worse–though as with many things, why choose?  It’s all amazing.  ...

Blagojevich’s Evil Genius
The Moderate Voice — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFFJwwQx5Z0 Like many of my fellow bloggers, I don’t have the credentials to argue the legal issues. I’m inclined to believe no matter what the constitution or case law says, if the Senate wants to keep Burris out, it can find the legal way to do it. Politically, on the other hand, ...