Cheat Sheet

Harry's looking like a damn fool on this one. He'd better back down as "gracefully" and as quickly as he can. Sitting senators don't get to pass on who can and who can't join them. Entitlement to serve in congress is determined by the people, through the law.

Harry and his merry band of morons, place their exclusive little club above the law: a posture that cannot be sustained or, in the long run, be a profitable political pose.

Burris is a lightweight and will hurt the Democratic chances to hold the seat in 2 years. The Illinois Dems are the only ones to blame. They failed to strip the power from Governor Convict before the holidays because they didn't want to contest a special election. They wanted to wait until This week to impeach the Governor and let the Lt Gov ( a dem) pick the replacement. They must have forgot how much Gov Convict hates the Il Dems and appointed a political lightweight Roland "Put that on my Tombstone" Burris who has no chance of getting elected to that seat - much less win a primary. No one to blame but the Il Dems...they blocked constitutional reform in the election, refused to call a special election and are now stuck with Senator Tombstone.

Good grief. Isn't there any issue on which Harry Reid sticks to his guns? I personally am of the opinion that Harry, not Pelosi, is the main reason for Democratic waffling and cave-ins since the '06 elections.