Roland Burris

Honorable Senator Taint to be seated

January 12, 2009 - Harry Reid got served. Senators Harry Reid and Dick Durbin have apparently confirmed that Roland Burris will be sworn into the United States Senate in a joint statement released today: "He is now the senator-designate from Illinois and, as such, will be accorded all the rights and privileges of...

The Senator's "Chatting With Roland Burris"-O-Tron

January 6, 2009 - Harry Reid and the rest of the senate appear to be backing away from their "Burris won't get the seat" hard-line after several days of Burris supporters accusing people opposing the appointment of trying to lynch a...

From The Room: Blago's Man

January 6, 2009 - Roland Burris has been blocked from taking a valuable fucking thing (read: Senate Seat) as Secretary of the Senate, Nancy Erickson has rejected Blago's pick. Currently Burris is speaking with his lawyers to figure out his options. In light of the scandal and his refusal to either step down...

Roland Burris: Getting to know the man you're about to forget

December 31, 2008 - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the early Christmas gift that keeps on giving, has named Roland Burris, a former state attorney general, to replace Barack Obama in the Senate. Sure, sounds good, except that, as you may recall, Blagojevich is facing federal corruption charges, including accusations th...

From The Feed: Watch Blago stick it to Harry Reid

December 30, 2008 - The entire press conference, including Bobby Rush...

TAINT WATCH: Appointer dares the Senate to not seat an African-American appointee

December 30, 2008 - Senator-appointee Roland Burris struggled through a press conference where the word "taint" was spoken three times, once by Gov. Rod Blagojevich in his introduction. The seventy one year-old Burris seemed confused, and was unclear on how much his office donated to the Governor's re-election campaign...