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Senate Democrats expected to seat Burris
AP via Yahoo News ^
| 1/12/09
| LIZ SIDOTI
Posted on 01/12/2009 1:33:24 PM PST by Wolfstar
WASHINGTON – It looks like Roland Burris will take President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat later this week. Senate Democratic leaders said they expect to swear in the former Illinois attorney general in the coming days, barring objections from Republicans.
Senators Harry Reid and Dick Durbin made that statement after Burris' lawyer met with Senate officials, who said his formal paperwork was in order.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 111th; blago; burris; cave; durbin; il2008; reid; senatedims
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Harry Reid and Dick Durbin have CAVED. Blago wins this one.
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:33:25 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
To: Wolfstar
Did anyone here actually believe Durbin and Reid wouldn’t cave in?
If you thought otherwise, you are either very young, or you have a very short attention span.
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:34:59 PM PST
by
Badeye
(There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
To: Wolfstar
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:35:20 PM PST
by
Neoliberalnot
((Hallmarks of Liberalism: Ingratitude and Envy))
To: Wolfstar
Playing the race card out was brilliant... knew then and there that the Dims would fold like cheap suits.
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:36:00 PM PST
by
Chet 99
To: Wolfstar
barring objections from Republicans.Are you kidding me? This would be a mighty strange time for the Repubs to develop a spine...
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:37:22 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Why did the GOP have to go and run Wilford Brimley against Will Smith?)
To: NeoCaveman
This would be a mighty strange time for the Repubs to develop a spine...Actually, this is an instance when the Republicans have absolutely no dog in this hunt. A Dem is going to fill that seat no matter what. The Republicans gain absolutely nothing by opposing Burris.
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:40:32 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
To: Wolfstar
To: Wolfstar
The Republicans gain absolutely nothing by opposing Burris. Oh, I totally agree. If anything they should just sit back and let Dingy Harry have total ownership of this one.
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:43:20 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Why did the GOP have to go and run Wilford Brimley against Will Smith?)
To: Wolfstar
They probably would have looked better had they called on the Demons to seat Burris.
To: Wolfstar
Come Thursday, Senator Burris should get on the mike and suggest a change in Majority Leader—one sensitive to racial issues and the rule of law....
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:44:19 PM PST
by
eureka!
(Dear Lord: Some epiphanies for some of the 'rats now in charge, particularly BO? Please...)
To: Wolfstar
A new record for caving in . White flag party .
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:45:59 PM PST
by
Deetes
(God Bless the Troops)
To: Wolfstar
Not only those two, but Obama as well.
He didn’t want Blago appointing anyone, but the spectacle that ensued made him press Reid to fold.
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:46:21 PM PST
by
swarthyguy
("We may be crazy in Pakistan, but not completely out of our minds," ISI Gen. Ahmed Shujaa Pasha)
To: CaspersGh0sts
Snicker...Reid actually makes Daschle look good by comparison.
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:52:46 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
To: Always Independent
They probably would have looked better had they called on the Demons to seat Burris.Nah. They can't win either way on this matter. Besides, if Reid didn't wangle a promise from Burris not to run in 2010, then the Illinois Republicans have a shot at running a strong candidate against a weak and tainted one.
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:54:45 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
To: eureka!
Come Thursday, Senator Burris should get on the mike and suggest a change in Majority Leader—one sensitive to racial issues and the rule of law...ROFLMBO!!! Now THAT is something I'd pay to see. Burris will be a good little go-along-to-get-along Dem though.
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posted on
01/12/2009 1:56:01 PM PST
by
Wolfstar
("My 80% friend is not my enemy." Ronald Reagan)
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: Wolfstar
Is this because the Giants were knocked out of the playoffs, or is it because of the NFL suspension?
ML/NJ
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posted on
01/12/2009 2:02:14 PM PST
by
ml/nj
To: Wolfstar
Of course they will seat him. bo knows if they don’t, Burris and blago blab.
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posted on
01/12/2009 2:02:14 PM PST
by
mojitojoe
(Not my president.)
To: BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; Norman Bates; ExTexasRedhead; justiceseeker93
I’m not shocked. The ‘Rats had little ground to deny Burris what he was appointed to, as Blago hasn’t been convicted of anything yet.
Republicans were sensible to mostly stay clear of this.
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posted on
01/12/2009 2:15:01 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(If greed is a virtue, than corporate socialism is conservative)
To: Clintonfatigued
Just a bunch of rattlesnakes eating their own. No one would miss any of them.
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