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Federal Government Mon Jan 05 2009
Laura Washington: Seat Burris
Laura Washington of the Sun-Times breaks down the politics behind the "keep-the-seat" pro-Burris forces:
The Burris contingent has a compelling case. The law is on their side, Burris passes the credentials test with flying colors, and the nation needs and deserves a qualified African American in the Senate -- right now, not two years from now.
The preachers are on board. Chicago's powerful cadre of black ministers knows how to deliver their lines with elan. We need a black man in this white, elite chamber. "Amen."
The U.S. Senate cannot represent all of America if 12 percent of its population is excluded from representation. "Hallelujah."
Burris seems pretty confident, announcing that he is in fact the junior senator from Illinois:
"I am now the junior senator from the state of Illinois," he said from the pulpit of a South Side church on what he said was the eve of his trip to Washington.
