I have been perusing both the US Constitution and the Illinois state Constitution, and I cant see anywhere in either document where Harry Reid would have any authority not to accept Mr. Burris as a temporary United States Senator.

Does anyone have any legal basis or law they could link to that says that the Senate majority leader or in fact the party itself can in fact reject a governors appointment?

Blago's got some balls, but Harry Reid doesnt have any legal standing to DQ this man as far as I can tell (Other than something bad on his record which hasnt been disclosed etc).

Yet another distraction for the inauguration - the fact that this Mr. Burris is black only complicates the matter for the Democrats, because now they are apparently going to oppose including the only Black senator in Congress...

How sweet it is building up to be - this next 4 years are gonna be FUN!!!

:)

by bobo1 on 12/30/2008 10:25:33 PM EST