[elpadre]

Burris now completely beholden to Reid - slave and slavemaster. He is their shoeshine boy, bringing the coffee and doughnuts for the morning caucus, etc. He is now officially in lockstep with them. They want to keep him around.

[sinanju]

The whole issue that had Dingy Harry standing in the Senate Chamber doorway was that Burris would never win election in 2010. The dems wanted Blago to appoint someone more viable and Blago nose-thumbed them.

I guess Reid & Co. realize it’s just not worth the trouble and bad blood with the black community, have passed through the various stages, and have now resigned themselves to that seat being wide open come 2010.