Somewhat-senator from Illinois Roland Burris isn’t going anywhere, pesky lawmakers. He’s definitely running again in 2010! It says so right on his website…where you can also check out his accomplishments!

Maybe Blago’s gonna support him with his book-deal dough.

What a big surprise. I’m sure no one saw this coming. After weeks of learning more and more about Roland Burris‘ lies and deceit over just what he did for disgraced ex-governor Rod Blagojevich we’re now hearing about what Blago did for Burris. Namely, giving Burris’ deadbeat son a $75,000 government job after [...]

This shouldn’t come as any surprise. Roland Burris is being “interviewed” but not yet “investigated” by the Feds for his possible involvement in the Blago pay-to-play Senate seat scandal. Here comes the heat:
Federal authorities have interviewed Senator Roland Burris in a probe into whether former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tried to sell the [...]

It’s becoming clearer that Roland Burris obtained his new Senate seat with shady tactics. First he told investigators that he never spoke w/ ex-Gov Blago, Blago’s brother, or his reps. A few days later he said he spoke with the reps. A month later he remembered he had spoken with Blago’s brother. [...]

Nothing like holding a Sunday afternoon press conference hoping that the 24/7 news cycle may offer up something tastier to bury your story! Unfortunately for Roland Burris, the press smells blood, and is quite miffed at the new senator from Illinois.
Gov. Hot Rod Blagojevich’s appointment for Obama’s empty senate seat has become more [...]

Quite an abrupt turn from Harry Reid’s dramatic “never” attitude towards the seating of Blago’ appointee Roland Burris to fill Barry’s emptied Senate seat:
U.S. Senate officials on Monday approved Roland Burris to fill the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, which would give Democrats 58 of the Senate’s 100 seats, their biggest majority since [...]

Saturday Night Live used the Roland Burris appointment as an opportunity to take a few jabs at the Senate’s refusal to seat him during their cold opening last night.
Rachel Maddow welcomes Roland Burris and Gov. Blago:

An Illinois State House committee weighing the political fate of scandal-maker Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, dives into allegations of hiring irregularities today. They are preparing for a critical stretch that may result in his impeachment by week’s end.
The panel also is getting ready to hear former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris testify Thursday about [...]

This really can’t go on much longer. Roland Burris is sitting in Washington waiting to be seated after an appointment by the disgraced, but not yet indicted, Gov. Blagojevich. Without an indictment on Blago, the IL Supreme Court is likely to move in the next few days to force the IL secretary of [...]

Breaking news: Scandal plagued governor Rod Blagojevich has just announced he has decided to disregard threats from IL lawmakers and AG by appointing former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat.
Burris told reporters this afternoon that he was first contacted by Blagojevich regarding the possible appointment just two days ago on [...]