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Well you have to give the credit for ignoring the obvious. Embattled Illinois Governor Blagojevich said he is appointing Roland Burris to President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat.
From the Chicago Sun Times...
Ignoring threats from the U.S. Senate Democratic leadership to block his pick, Gov. Blagojevich this afternoon said he's appointing Roland Burris to President-elect Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat.
"The people of Illinois are entitled to have two U.S. Senators," said Blagojevich, whose arrest on corruption charges earlier this month places Burris' appointment under a cloud. "If I don't make this appointment then the people of Illinois will be deprived."
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