Anyone want to start a pool on how short Obama’s honeymoon period will be?
The chairman of the Senate Rules Committee has parted with many of her Democratic colleagues and says that the Senate should seat former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said Tuesday that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, however tainted by corruption charges, has the right to appoint someone to President-elect Barack Obama’s former seat. The Rules Committee decides whether Burris is qualified to serve.
Feinstein said that blocking Burris would have ramifications for other governors’ appointments.
It will also have ramifications for black turnout in 2010, possibly costing Democrats a large number of House and Senate seats. As I said before – eventually, Reid will back down. Only a voluntary Burris surrender will alter this iron-clad eventuality.
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