Obama's Second Hundred Days
Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."
Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."
AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago
WASHINGTON — Sen. Roland Burris, whose deep ties to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed to doom his Senate tenure from the start, will n...
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics
"Judicial activism" (or, alternatively, "legislating from the bench") is defined -- no matter what your political beliefs -- as "judges not ruling the...
Progress Illinois | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago
If the General Assembly or the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee isn't prepared to unseat Sen. Roland Burris, labor lawyer and 5th Congressional District c...
AP | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. Pat Quinn is reviewing how the son of embattled U.S. Sen. Roland Burris got a state job as a housing-agency lawyer unde...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Despite the furor surrounding Sen. Roland Burris, experts say Illinois is unlikely to suffer much from having a senator who'...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A plan to change the way Illinois fills vacant U.S. Senate seats faces a tough road in the state Legislature, despite the ne...
Jim Lichtman | Posted 03.26.2009 | Home
"You're Roland Burris. You used to be in the Senate. You used to be big." "I AM big. It's the Senate that got small." First, he's in: Illinois Gover...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics
That didn't take long. Roland Burris, the newest senator from Illinois, might be setting a new record for the quickest dash from the swearing-in cere...
AP | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has acknowledged trying to raise money for ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich before being appointed to the...
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Roland Burris took his place as Barack Obama's successor in the Senate on Thursday, ending a standoff that embarrassed the presiden...
Politico | JOHN BRESNAHAN | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics
Roland Burris may return to Washington next week to demand that he be accepted as the legitimate Senate appointee to replace President-elect Barack Ob...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
What a week! With Congress back in session, with the excitement of newly-elected members being sworn in (or barred at the door, as the case may be), ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
This doesn't sound a whole lot like "change we can believe in." This sounds more like same-old-same-old cronyism and pay-to-play.
Politico | AMIE PARNES & MANU RAJU | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
Roland Burris heads into a pivotal meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin on Wednesday with an unmistakabl...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
"I am now the junior senator from the state of Illinois. . . . Friends, we're going to have to have some powerful prayer. . . . They can't deny what t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
Fallout from the surreal political scandal in Illinois has now wafted into Minnesota. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is refusing to seat Roland B...
Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
Firing the first shot in Washington in the fight over the appointment of Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, Gov. Blagojevich's acting chief of staff ha...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a Un...
Politico | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics
Roland Burris, the man Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich picked to succeed Barack Obama in the Senate, might get to etch another accolade into the monumen...
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics