Posted on 02/08/2017 1:32:15 PM PST by deplorableindc
Perhaps better than any living American politician, former Sen. Roland Burris can sympathize with Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, who is being considered for a Senate appointment expected soon from a scandal-plagued governor.
The Illinois Democrat, formerly a state attorney general himself, re-entered public office with a 2008 appointment to President Barack Obama's empty Senate seat.
Then-Illinois governor and current prison inmate Rod Blagojevich had been arrested for trying to sell Obama's seat and, in saying yes, Burris lacquered himself with the scandal's taint.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is not accused of trying to sell the Senate seat being vacated Wednesday upon confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., as U.S. Attorney General. But critics including fellow Republicans fear the appearance of a corrupt trade.
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Can anyone tell me about Luther?
I believe he defeated George C. Wallace, Jr. (or is it, III), for a statewide office maybe a decade ago.
I’d like to find out more about this guy from Alabamians. I don’t know enough to know if it’s a good or bad pick. But I am struck by the irony of it. Sessions was Alabama AG before being a Senator, so he’ll most likely be succeeded by the Alabama AG.
How do they go about replacing the Attorney General?
How soon will we know?
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