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The capitulation doesn't particularly bother me, regarding Reid. What bothers me is why he thought he had any standing whatsoever to block Burris in the first place. Blago, still being governor, had the authority to appoint Burris--and Reid had no authority to block that appointment. Reid once again showed contempt for rule of law, imo. And that is totally unsurprising.
I'm not at all familiar with Buriss, but from what I've seen, he is easily as qualified to his senate seat as Reid is for his. And he will likely be a better senator than either of those from my state of Texas (that's a very low bar, I know).
Reid is one reason I felt the 60-seat majority thing was overblown. Even with a 'filibuster-proof' majority, Reid would have found some way to screw that up.
