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Burris to Meet Reid
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Roland Burris, Blago's pick to fill Obama's Senate seat, may find himself locked out of the Senate chamber on Tuesday, but at least he has a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to look forward to on Wednesday. Senate Majority Whip and Illinois senior Senator Dick Durbin is arranging the meeting between Burris and Reid, ABC News reports. Blago, meanwhile, has revealed that Reid called him shortly before his arrest to discuss three replacements for Obama: Jesse Jackson Jr., Danny Davis, and Emil Jones. A Blago spokesman said, "It seems to the governor that Sen. Reid has a horse in the race and Roland Burris isn't one of them."
Wait a minute! This implies that Blago has even a shred of credibility left!?!?!
Appointed to the office pursuant to the existing law, regardless of the odiousness of the appointer, the appointee is a senator by law. We don't want sitting senators or representatives to get in the business of constituting their own membership. Elections and the law must determine who serves not majority leaders.
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