Sorry Senator Reid, LEGALLY Senate MUST Vote on Blago Pick Burris

Red State/Yidwithlid ^ | 12/30/08 | Yidwithlid

[Shellybenoit]

Illinois Governor Blagojevich may be a crook, but you got to hand it to the guy, he pulled a brilliant move today, especially if he wanted to tweak the nose of his critics.

His choice, Roland Burris, is a lifelong public servant, former Attorney General, impeccable honesty and...oh yes, he is an African American. He has now shifted the debate to "will the senate deny a seat to potentially the ONLY African American in the senate?" He has now given his choice a chance because it is a RACE ISSUE. Its Brilliant.

But that's not even the best part. Harry Reid has said that he won't even allow a discussion about seating Burris. That way he keeps Burris out of the senate with out forcing his democratic party buddies to go on record preventing the ONLY African American from entering the senate. Now here is the part that Reid doesn't know. There is precedent, the senate can keep Burris out, BUT THEY MUST VOTE ON THE ISSUE:

[Political Junkie Too]

If I recall correctly, in that election Matt Fong was 10 points ahead of Barbara Boxer until the last week of the campaign. During that last week, the Boxer campaign released info that Fong had donated money to an anti-gay group, and he plummeted in the polls.

It's similar to the tactic that Boxer used against Bruce Hershenson six years earlier. Hershenson was ahead in the polls, and then Boxer released info that Hershenson once went to a strip club. Hershenson lost.

Never mind the fact that Democrat Rep. Loretta Sanchez wanted to hold campaign fundraising events at the Playboy Mansion in 2000, in 1992 a visit to a strip club was enough to undermine a GOP candidate for the Senate.

This is what I mean about Senators only needing to fool the people who don't pay attention once every six years.

-PJ