Obama and the Democrats in the Senate tried their damnedest to not let Burris get seated. A judge in Illinois ruled that the SOS had to certify the appointment. Stupid as it may seem, Blago is the Governor and he has the power to appoint whoever he wants. Odious but sadly constitutional. Reid put himself in a ridiculous position of trying to bar Burris without a legal leg to stand on and then having to capitulate. Of course Reid is rather good at capitulating, so no surprise there.
Judah On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/02/il-sen_burris_backtracks_reid.html > > First it came to light that he had talked with Blago's brother. Now it comes > to light that Blago's brother asked him to raise money for Blago in the > run-up to the appointment. > > Obama and the Democrats promised a new era of openness and transparency. > Apparently they meant openness and transparency in graft. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288954 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
