The Washington Independent » illinois scandal http://washingtonindependent.com National News in Context Thu, 10 May 2012 20:13:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Report: Reid Caves; Burris to the Senate http://washingtonindependent.com/24183/reid-caves-burris-to-the-senate http://washingtonindependent.com/24183/reid-caves-burris-to-the-senate#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:55:40 +0000 Mike Lillis http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=24183 From The Associated Press: Senate leaders have caved in their efforts to block Roland Burris from replacing President-elect Barack Obama in the upper chamber. Burris had been appointed to the post last month by Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who’s facing charges that he tried to sell the seat More...

]]> From The Associated Press: Senate leaders have caved in their efforts to block Roland Burris from replacing President-elect Barack Obama in the upper chamber. Burris had been appointed to the post last month by Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who’s facing charges that he tried to sell the seat following Obama’s promotion.

Democratic leaders feared that anyone appointed by Blagojevich would be ineffective because of the scandal surrounding the governor. But they ignored a couple things: (1) Blagojevich has yet to be convicted; (2) the appointment is perfectly legal; and 3) Burris is, by most accounts, a dedicated public servant who also happens not to be Blagojevich.

It took Democrat leaders until this morning to discover these things.

Note: An earlier version of this post omitted the word “Report” in the headline.

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