Blago appoints some poor schmuck to the seat no one wants to touch

Our favorite toupee stand has nominated former Illinois AG Roland Burris to the Senate seat President-Elect Obama vacated.  I thought about liveblogging it, but I was too busy yelling at the television to put together much in the way of coherent thought.  Burris was a deer in headlights, obviously unprepared to answer any questions about whether the donations he and his law firm made to Friends of Blagojevich ($14,000, if the reporter hollering questions is to be believed) had any influence on his nomination.

Burris's appointment was followed by an endorsement from Illinois Representative Bobby Rush, a former Black Panther who made it clear that the primary reason to NOT reject Burris as a Senator was because the only African-American in the Senate should be replaced by an African-American.  He made a statement to the effect that the Secretary of State should worry about how the people of Illinois would react if he did not certify Burris (which happened almost immediately, God Bless Jesse White for standing by his word and not certifying Burris based on their shared race).

So I'm wondering...Is the general opinion here that Burris is...:

1. not politically savvy enough to realize this just made him radioactive?
2. thinking he's bulletproof enough based on his record to withstand any charges of corruption (donations to and fundraisers for Blago be damned)?
3. thinking that if he doesn't get accepted into Congress, either by Congressional rejection or the SoS refusing to certify him, he can turn this into a race brouhaha and get in anyway, and then should have an easy time getting reelected?
   

I honestly can't figure out what's going on in this guy's noggin.  By 'this guy', I mean Burris, I think we know Blagojevich is crazy. 

Posted by: Alice H at 04:24 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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