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 Well Played, Blago 

'Skin pigment trumps ideas' among Dems: Kass

Dec 31, 08 7:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Roland Burris says this is his media moment, but Illinois' "circus of the politically bizarre" still belongs to Rod Blagojevich, John Kass writes in the Chicago Tribune. No hapless jester, the brazenly calculated governor has dumped Democrats back into the racial politics Obama was supposed to transcend. More »

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Barack Obama • race • African Americans • Senate • corruption • Illinois • black • governor • Rod Blagojevich • Roland Burris

 Burris: Don't 
 Hold Blago 
 Against Me

He says guv has power to appoint, objections might just be racist

Dec 31, 08 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - This should be about me, not Rod Blagojevich, Ronald Burris has been saying in TV interviews since Blago named him to fill Barack Obama’s open Senate seat yesterday. Last night, he told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, “I have nothing to do with the problems of the governor.”... More »

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Barack Obama • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Democratic Senators • Roland Burris

Rush Plays
Race Card on Burris Pick

Tells Senate to take 'chill pill' and accept black member

Dec 31, 08 11:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Bobby Rush thinks Rod Blagojevich’s choice for Barack Obama’s Senate seat ought to get the job despite the governor’s alleged misdeeds, for one simple reason: He’s black. Yesterday at a press conference, Rush applauded the selection of Roland Burris, and urged the press not to “... More »

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race • Senate • race relations • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Roland Burris • Bobby Rush

ANALYSIS


 Burris Flap Rouses 
 Ghosts of Obama's Past 

President-elect probably wants to forget these guys

Dec 31, 08 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - If Barack Obama caught Rod Blagojevich’s press conference yesterday, in which he named Roland Burris to fill the vacant Senate seat, Obama probably saw everything he doesn’t miss about Illinois. Each member of the trio on stage—Blagojevich, Burris, and Rep. Bobby Rush—claims a history with Obama,... More »

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Barack Obama • race • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • senator • Roland Burris

Blagojevich Offered Job
to Davis First

But rep wouldn't take appointment from disgraced governor

Dec 31, 08 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Danny Davis wants to be a US senator, but not badly enough to accept an appointment from Rod Blagojevich. The disgraced governor’s attorney met with Davis and offered him Barack Obama’s seat last Wednesday, the US rep tells the Chicago Sun-Times. Davis had lobbied for the... More »

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Senate • corruption • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • Austin Peay Governors • Roland Burris • Danny Davis

(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich announced today that former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris will fill Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat, the Chicago Tribune reports. Blagojevich said Burris was a man of "unquestioned integrity" and asked that people not allow "the allegations against me to taint this good and honest... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • corruption • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • President Obama • Roland Burris

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