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Tuesday, January 6, 2009 12:00 AM

"My name is Roland Burris, the junior senator from Illinois"

In a press conference, Burris tells reporters he was turned away from the Senate.
Alex Koppelman

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  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009 10:27 AM

    Ya gotta hand it to Blago;

    one stroke of the pen and he's turned this whole thing into a pissing contest by proxy between the US Senate, Jesse White and Roland Burris. I'm glad my cats aren't this clever, I'd be doomed.

    Meanwhile, Reid does his best to ensure that the Democrats don't make any actual gains from the Nov. elections by refusing to seat both Franken and Burris. In the words of Jed Clampet, "pitiful, just pitiful..."

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