I know I am going to get flack from this page for this but I am supporting Harry Reid's decision to not let Burris just walk into Senate.
JUmp for why...
Harry Reid is usually wrong about most things but I have to give him credit on this one.
Burris allowed Blago to play him by taking this post but that is under the water now and what is done is done.
Rush racialized this appointment when he talked about lynching in the first presser Burris gave and since then we have been off and running regarding race and the Senate. But this is also water under the bridge and what's done is done.
Obama came out along with Reid after Blago was arrested and they both said that any appointments he made to the seat would not be accepted. Everyone agreed in those early days and even the MSM said no one appointed by Blago could go to the senate because of the taint. But this is also water under the bridge and what's done is done.
This all happened in 2008.
Now we are in 2009.
I have a problem with Harry REid's decisions most of the time but I am with him on this one.
Yesterday he let it become a circus with Burris standing out in the rain but that is also done.
Today is a new day.
Obama said he will work with Burris if the senate selects him and it is up to them. He has moved on.
Feinstein decided he should be seated (wonder if because she felt dissed by Obama the day before and tried to get back at him)
Jimmy Carter is now speaking for Burris.
Reid and Durbin came out at a presser and laid out how Burris could take the seat.
he must get sig from sec of state of illinois re: illinois supreme court.
he must appear before impeachment panel in Illlinois tomorrow.
A vote in Senate to decide if to seat him will take place if all these things done.
I think this will be resolved soon and that Reid is actually doing this the right way now so that precedent is not set in a way that could have negative impact on Senate in the future.
If Burris gets the seat after all this it will be bettter for the system.
Blago won this one but he still has a cloud and Burris is free of taint after transparency is brought to the process.
Illinois politics is revealed for the cesspool it is and Obama rises above it all because people see he clearly he was in it but not of it.
Reid will have his day before the voters when elections come and it might not be pretty for him but for now he still lives.
Burris might just be right about God ordaining him for this seat the way this thing has played out.
No one saw this coming
Burris is supposed to give a presser sometime today.