US Senate Democrats are now expected to seat Ronald Burris, the Senate appointee of embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, just a week after barring him from being sworn-in with other Senator-elects citing Burris’ lack of proper credentials.
So, what happened? Why the reversal?
The truth is that a day after refusing to accept Burris under Senate Rule II, Harry Reid said that he was considering seating Al Franken. The problem is that Franken, like Burris, doesn’t have a certification of his election – a requirement of Senate Rule II. Reid, and the Senate Democrats, are trying to seat Franken in an attempt to cut short Norm Coleman’s legal contest of the MN election.
After several days of taking heat from pundits like myself in the media (see below) about trying to steal the MN election, Reid decides to throw out Senate Rule II and seat Burris. This would open the way to force the seating of Al Franken as the Senator of MN without having any documentation.
One of the most fascinating things about being a regular reader of the political press is the fascinating split between the pro- and anti-Israel factions among political reporters. Those among the punditry who seem keen to blame Israel for all that ails the middle East, and blame the U.S. Governm
US Senate Democrats are now expected to seat Ronald Burris, the Senate appointee of embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, just a week after barring him from being sworn-in with other Senator-elects citing Burris’ lack of proper credentials. So, what happened? Why the reversal? The tru
The AP reports today that more than half the states that have lotteries are experiencing record growth despite a increasingly bitter economic recession. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen data like this. In fact, gambling and alcohol consumption generally increases as the economy s
The Hill reports this morning that Pepsi and Ikea are among a growing number of companies who are trying to profit from emulating Obama’s message of change. Pepsi has taken this bold marketing move to extreme levels by even changing their logo to resemble Obama’s campaign logo. In fact
Stealing the MN Senate Seat
Posted by Tyler Harber on Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 at 1:13 PM
US Senate Democrats are now expected to seat Ronald Burris, the Senate appointee of embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, just a week after barring him from being sworn-in with other Senator-elects citing Burris’ lack of proper credentials.
So, what happened? Why the reversal?
The truth is that a day after refusing to accept Burris under Senate Rule II, Harry Reid said that he was considering seating Al Franken. The problem is that Franken, like Burris, doesn’t have a certification of his election – a requirement of Senate Rule II. Reid, and the Senate Democrats, are trying to seat Franken in an attempt to cut short Norm Coleman’s legal contest of the MN election.
After several days of taking heat from pundits like myself in the media (see below) about trying to steal the MN election, Reid decides to throw out Senate Rule II and seat Burris. This would open the way to force the seating of Al Franken as the Senator of MN without having any documentation.