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Senate Democrats expected to seat Burris
AP via Yahoo News ^ | 1/12/09 | LIZ SIDOTI

Posted on 01/12/2009 1:33:24 PM PST by Wolfstar

WASHINGTON – It looks like Roland Burris will take President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat later this week. Senate Democratic leaders said they expect to swear in the former Illinois attorney general in the coming days, barring objections from Republicans.

Senators Harry Reid and Dick Durbin made that statement after Burris' lawyer met with Senate officials, who said his formal paperwork was in order.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 111th; blago; burris; cave; durbin; il2008; reid; senatedims
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Harry Reid and Dick Durbin have CAVED. Blago wins this one.
1 posted on 01/12/2009 1:33:25 PM PST by Wolfstar
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To: Wolfstar

Did anyone here actually believe Durbin and Reid wouldn’t cave in?

If you thought otherwise, you are either very young, or you have a very short attention span.


2 posted on 01/12/2009 1:34:59 PM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: Wolfstar

I’m shocked.


3 posted on 01/12/2009 1:35:20 PM PST by Neoliberalnot ((Hallmarks of Liberalism: Ingratitude and Envy))
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To: Wolfstar

Playing the race card out was brilliant... knew then and there that the Dims would fold like cheap suits.


4 posted on 01/12/2009 1:36:00 PM PST by Chet 99
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To: Wolfstar
barring objections from Republicans.

Are you kidding me? This would be a mighty strange time for the Repubs to develop a spine...

5 posted on 01/12/2009 1:37:22 PM PST by NeoCaveman (Why did the GOP have to go and run Wilford Brimley against Will Smith?)
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This would be a mighty strange time for the Repubs to develop a spine...

Actually, this is an instance when the Republicans have absolutely no dog in this hunt. A Dem is going to fill that seat no matter what. The Republicans gain absolutely nothing by opposing Burris.

6 posted on 01/12/2009 1:40:32 PM PST by Wolfstar ("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
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7 posted on 01/12/2009 1:42:14 PM PST by CaspersGh0sts
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The Republicans gain absolutely nothing by opposing Burris.

Oh, I totally agree. If anything they should just sit back and let Dingy Harry have total ownership of this one.

8 posted on 01/12/2009 1:43:20 PM PST by NeoCaveman (Why did the GOP have to go and run Wilford Brimley against Will Smith?)
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They probably would have looked better had they called on the Demons to seat Burris.


9 posted on 01/12/2009 1:43:57 PM PST by Always Independent
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Come Thursday, Senator Burris should get on the mike and suggest a change in Majority Leader—one sensitive to racial issues and the rule of law....


10 posted on 01/12/2009 1:44:19 PM PST by eureka! (Dear Lord: Some epiphanies for some of the 'rats now in charge, particularly BO? Please...)
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To: Wolfstar

A new record for caving in . White flag party .


11 posted on 01/12/2009 1:45:59 PM PST by Deetes (God Bless the Troops)
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To: Wolfstar

Not only those two, but Obama as well.

He didn’t want Blago appointing anyone, but the spectacle that ensued made him press Reid to fold.


12 posted on 01/12/2009 1:46:21 PM PST by swarthyguy ("We may be crazy in Pakistan, but not completely out of our minds," ISI Gen. Ahmed Shujaa Pasha)
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To: CaspersGh0sts

Snicker...Reid actually makes Daschle look good by comparison.


13 posted on 01/12/2009 1:52:46 PM PST by Wolfstar ("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
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To: Always Independent
They probably would have looked better had they called on the Demons to seat Burris.

Nah. They can't win either way on this matter. Besides, if Reid didn't wangle a promise from Burris not to run in 2010, then the Illinois Republicans have a shot at running a strong candidate against a weak and tainted one.

14 posted on 01/12/2009 1:54:45 PM PST by Wolfstar ("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
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Come Thursday, Senator Burris should get on the mike and suggest a change in Majority Leader—one sensitive to racial issues and the rule of law...

ROFLMBO!!! Now THAT is something I'd pay to see. Burris will be a good little go-along-to-get-along Dem though.

15 posted on 01/12/2009 1:56:01 PM PST by Wolfstar ("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
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Is this because the Giants were knocked out of the playoffs, or is it because of the NFL suspension?

ML/NJ

17 posted on 01/12/2009 2:02:14 PM PST by ml/nj
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Of course they will seat him. bo knows if they don’t, Burris and blago blab.


18 posted on 01/12/2009 2:02:14 PM PST by mojitojoe (Not my president.)
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To: BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; Norman Bates; ExTexasRedhead; justiceseeker93

I’m not shocked. The ‘Rats had little ground to deny Burris what he was appointed to, as Blago hasn’t been convicted of anything yet.

Republicans were sensible to mostly stay clear of this.


19 posted on 01/12/2009 2:15:01 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (If greed is a virtue, than corporate socialism is conservative)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Just a bunch of rattlesnakes eating their own. No one would miss any of them.


20 posted on 01/12/2009 2:18:21 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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