Blago impeached by Ill. House – PLUS: Is Burris in the hot seat?
The big story of the day, as has already been mentioned in the comments section of another post, is Blago’s impeachment, which was made official this morning by the Illinois House:
Eye-opening stories for Friday (OPEN THREAD)
Got two of ’em on tap.
Obama, Reid, Burris and the Chicago Way
ChiTribune colmnist John Kass serves up stinging criticisms of how Obama handled the Roland Burris drama. What, you, ask? You didn’t know Obama got involved in it and pushed Reid into accepting Burris? Indeed, he did:
AP: Senate Dem leaders plan to seat Burris, possibly today
What – you didn’t really expect for them to have backbones made of more than jello, did you?
VIDEO: Bobby Rush says Senate refusal to seat Burris was racism
Watch/listen to the video below – about 45 seconds from the end is where he gets started: