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Illinois Wed Jan 07 2009
Burris the Pawn
Via the Capitol Fax Blog, a concise editorial on the Burris situation:
After Barack Obama's election as president, many names were floated as his possible Senate replacement, but Burris' wasn't among them. Burris wasn't even Blagojevich's first choice after the governor's arrest for trying to sell Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder. Blagojevich first offered the job to U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, who declined. He had better sense than to let Blagojevich use him as a political pawn.
Rich referred to Burris as Blagojevich's "human shield." Zing.