Jan 06 2009
One Senator Wins, One Still in Negotiations, No One Being Seated
Al Franken is officially the new senator from Minnesota at least according to the state canvassing board, but he has yet to be certified by the state so
Dems are suggesting he won’t be seated with the new class of senators. Mainly, however, they don’t want to seat Burris who was appointed by the naughty governor from Illinois Blagojevich.
Don’t you just love how the Dems can cause unnecessary drama for themselves? Really they should seat Burris and then accuse the Republicans of begin obstructionist when they try not to seat Franken. Simple. But no. Not these Dems. Idiots I say. Idiots.
Fallout from the surreal political scandal in Illinois has now wafted into Minnesota.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is refusing to seat Roland Burris, appointed by disgraced Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, for lack of state certification. That’s a problem for Al Franken, who also lacks final state certification despite the fact that the state canvassing board declared him the winner Monday.
Will Senate Democrats seat Franken without official certification? “I don’t think so,” said Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois.
