Why is Burris being shunned? They welcomed him a few weeks ago. He’s no more of a self-serving crook than many of the esteemed members of Congress.
No one messes with Joe, because he is an idiot.
They want him out, because they know he'll get beat by a Republican in 2010. They welcomed him a few weeks ago because they needed his vote on the porkulus package. Now they're throwing him away like a used Kleenex.