Harry Reid Should Have Kept His Word on Roland Burris

[MarcMus]

Now that this Roland Burris thing is going down in flames I don't know what to think. At the time I was just so sick of people bickering that I though, "Go ahead and seat the guy, he's a harmless moron." The moron judgment was based off of interviews with Roland Burris where he referred to himself in the third person. He also declared once that although Illinois is called the Land of Lincoln, he hoped it could one day be called the Land of Burris. But I digress. There was a moment where Reid could have stuck to his guns and said "no". But he didn't. Now I wish he would have.
Roland Burris perjury allegations could have been avoided if Harry Reid had kept his word

[firedupdem]

1. I don't think he had any "legal" standing to hold up the appointment. n/t

[sandnsea]

2. So this is Reid's fault too???

Oh brother.

[Trajan]

4. Well .... Even though the OP did not say that ....

Let's admit that somewhere, somehow, Senators SHOULD be responsible for both their actions and their inactions ....

It is hardly the OP's fault ....

[Occam Bandage]

3. Reid had no legal authority to do so.

I rest all the blame on the feet of Blagojevich, Burris, and the IL Dems who let this happen rather than take the marginal risk of a special election.

[destinationunknown]

10. I think the OP was trying to say that this would all be moot if Reid didn't cave...

Let's face it--they caved. They didn't want to look bad. It's a human impulse, but let's call it for what it was.

[Occam Bandage]

11. He didn't have the authority to "not cave." He had to seat Burris. It was the law. nt

[destinationunknown]

12. Then what was all that yammering about "fighting the seating?" Hell,

I think Durbin said the same. They felt that any move by Blago was inherently soiled. Turns out they were right, but they didn't follow through and contest it. I am sure that part of it was how it looked (trying to prevent the only Black senator from being seated, especially after Obama didn't have on his short list, the name of one Black male for Senate), along with the desire to avoid getting mired down by this and allow Blago to throw a monkey wrench in their plans.

[BlooInBloo]

5. It's funny when DUers huff and puff about "rule of law", when they don't believe in it themselves.

[liberalmuse]

6. Hell, I was one of the ones who thought Burris should be seated.

So I have no credibility on this one.

[RB TexLa]

7. No, he should have, as he did, follow the law.

Laws are more than just "God damn pieces of paper," you know.

[GreenTea]

8. So what, what's done is done - The main thing is it's the Dems seat for whomever sits in it.

Until at least the election of 2010.

[madrchsod]

9. the boys in washington could`t wait till blago was thrown out...

they could`t trust the house and senate in illinois to actually get rid of blago as fast as humanly possible. they did`t trust quin because he did`t play ball with the 3 families in illinois.

so now we are stuck with burris and his problem because the boys in washington knew what was best for the people of illinois. i guess they forgot that we were intelligent enough to vote obama to the senate and elect him to the presidency.

once again we get screwed by the powers to be in illinois and washington. it looks like obama`s senate seat is going to a republican in 2010. i`m betting on lahood

i thought burris would be a good replacement but i should have known better.