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Roland Burris

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Harold Ford Jr. "Strongly Considering" Senate Race; Conservatives Give Him a Hand

    High Democratic operatives warned Steve Israel and others off challenges to Kirsten Gillibrand, but Harold Ford is unbossed, dammit, at least by the current bosses. The New York Post gleefully affords Harold Ford Jr. a front-page spot from which he announces, "I am strongly considering running for t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    ​ Twitpic via DPixel. It was a short week but a merry one, with or without a vodka infused turkey. Now that Thanksgiving has been properly ruined, thanks to the diabolical War on Thanksgiving, and Black Friday has passed without fatalities, we descend into Xmas, which has apparently been mad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2009

    Obama's replacement admonished by Senate Ethics Committee

    ​The Senate Ethics Committee admonished appointed lame duck Roland Burris for his incomplete testimony to an Illinois investigation into his dealings with the office of then-Governor Rod Blagojevich about his possible appointment to the Senate.

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2009

    Local residents, politicians divided on Gitmo move to Illinois

    Despite the strenuous objections of local Republican lawmakers, some residents of Thomson, IL are hoping that the Obama administration will go through with rumored plans to move the Guantanamo detainees to the "vastly underutilized" Thomson Correctional Center. Up to 25% of the proposed federal supe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Vast White-Wing Conspiracy? 15% of Black House Members Under Investigation

    David Paterson took a lot of heat for saying racism was behind his poor press and dismal poll numbers. When he tried to rope President Obama into the act, the White House distanced itself from the governor more strenuously than they did even from Bill Thompson. We wondered some time ago if maybe hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    Quick Hits

    Twitpic by bethofalltrades. We love Staten Island. These stories appear in today's Staten Island Advance: a 20-year-old who "opened fire" with a .45 on his street, an 18-year-old who slashed his 14-year-old brother in a dispute over TV volume, and a young couple who took their baby out for a joyri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    Roland Burris FTW! Takes Senate Seat

    Illinois has a new Senator. Days after the Senate leadership threatened to block Governor Rod Blagojevich's appointee to fill Obama's vacated seat and the Secretary of the Senate turned him away, Roland Burris was sworn in this afternoon. His Illinois colleague Dick Durbin, who had previously said t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Out There In The Dark: Rightbloggers Go Hollywood!

    As we get closer to the actual transition, rightbloggers are shifting gears. They're losing interest in the remaining pre-inaugural Obama business. We probably won't see anything like the Hillary Clinton Constitutional crisis again. Leon Panetta's CIA appointment drew some criticism on the grounds ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Burris Turned Away, Franken Stays Away

    Blagojevich Senate appointee Roland Burris went to the Capitol this morning for the opening of the 111th Congress and was sent away, as promised, by Secretary of the Senate Nancy Erickson. Burris left after a 20-minute conversation, details of which are regrettably unavailable. Burris says he is loo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Rightbloggers: Blago, Richardson Prove Obama Corrupt, Dems Racist

    It's a rare treat when liberals and conservatives can get together, and they seem to agree that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is one awesome crook. Lefty outlets have been following the Blagojevich "fiasco," exploring the linkages between Blagojevich and Illinois politicians who might accommo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    Mike Bloomberg launches preemptive trip to Israel; invasion of NYC unlikely

    Waltz With Bashir, a movie that sprang from a previous Israeli invasion of Lebanon, won Best Picture from the National Society of Film Critics. A free Madoff Watch T-shirt to the reader who suggests the best title for the first movie spurred by Israel's current invasion of Gaza. On an overseas t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    GOP, Feeling Left Out, May Refuse to Seat a Senator

    It's not just Democrats who get to contest a U.S. Senator. On the heels of Democratic machinations to keep Rod Blagojevich appointee Roland Burris from taking a Senate seat, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas says that he will rebuff any attempt to seat Al Franken if Democrats attempt to seat h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    Blagojevich Says Screw You, Names Senate Replacement

    There is a significant difference of opinion between Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and the Illinois state senate. The Governor believes it is his duty and privilege to name a Senator to replace President Elect Obama, and he has done so, choosing former Illinois attorney general and comptroller R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    Blagojevich names Foghorn Leghorn to Obama's Senate seat

    Comparing the coverage by the Times and Wall Street Journal. Click above for a roundup of the best Blago jokes. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will name former Illinois AG Roland Burris to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat. Read the mid-afternoon versions of that breaking story in the New York ... More >>

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