Posted on 07/09/2009 4:26:06 PM PDT by Justaham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roland Burris, appointed by Illinois' since-ousted governor to fill President Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat, has decided not to run for a full six-year term in 2010, a Democratic Party aide said on Thursday. The senator's office declined comment other than to say Burris planned to hold a news conference and issue a statement on Friday.
Burris's decision was based on his inability to raise campaign funds, the Chicago Sun-Times said in first reporting the latest twist in his brief Senate career.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
~~PING!
As of May ‘09 ...
“But Burris may be sealing his own fate. He had $845 in a 2010 fund as of the last filing. He has no substantive fund-raising plan. He has not put together a political organization.
Delmarie Cobb, Burris’ sole political consultant, said Senate Democrats “are supposed to embrace him and help him find the money. That’s what they do for other incumbents.”
I asked Burris about his timetable for deciding if he will run.
“Lynn . . . if you don’t have money, whether or not you say you are going to run is not relevant. . . . You take away your option.”
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/05/burris_calling_on_party_leader.html
Well, Illinoisans, any chance the “R” will win this seat next year?
QUITTER.
Wow..Rahm better hurry up and get the bidding started again. Time is a wastin....
Quitter is right. He really broke his ass to get that seat though didn’t he?
Possibly, if we nominate one. If we nominate Mark Kirk, it will be two Socialists in the November “runoff.”
The ONE REAL QUESTION: Does Burris get a Federal pension for his service...?
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