Friday, January 2, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times: Fierce Senate Opposition to Burris

Senate opposition fiercer than Burris thinks
Burris' trip to Washington on Monday sure to be a media circus

January 2, 2009
BY LYNN SWEET Sun-Times Columnist

WASHINGTON -- Roland Burris does not want to be in the face of the senators whose ranks he hopes to join, I am told. Yet Burris, appointed by the scandalized Gov. Blagojevich to replace President-elect Barack Obama, is expected here Monday. Burris' mere presence to try to claim the seat will, of course, be a spectacle.

He won't get into the chamber because the Senate Democratic leadership doesn't want anyone sent by Blagojevich, accused of trying to sell Obama's seat for a plum job or campaign cash...

Full Article at: http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1358952,CST-NWS-sweet02.article#

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