How much for a senate seat?
I started to write a post calling for Obama’s replacement to not accept the Senate seat being offered to him. No matter how clean Roland Burris seemed or was, the fact that he was appointed by an accused and arrested Rod Blagojevich should have been enough for a completely ethical man to step aside – if for nothing more than the appearance of impropriety. His protestations were too much, maybe he is dead broke from being in public service for the last thirty some odd years, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have something to “give”. And now it appears that he was attempting to help in fund raising for Rod.
It is too bad the Senate did not take the high road and permanently exclude him on principal. That is what should have happened. Let’s hope that if there is a next time, our congress people have learned from this mistake.
