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old man burriss made one last desperate, shameful power grab and it has cost him his fine legacy and reputatation

If Burris is involved with corruption, why isn't he being charged? If the authorities have evidence that will stand up in court, why leak it to the media? Why does Durbin's opinion count for anything more than CYA? Durbin and Burris are being played. They're regarded as political liabilities and need to be moved out before 2012. Obama's political machine will not tolerate the unpredictable or inconsistent.

durbin is a hypocrite... We Americans get the government we deserve. A once great nation going down the tubes. Hey I have an idea. Lets print more money. Idiots. The electorate of the country should be ashamed

I doubt if illinois will support Burris

Burris may be a nice guy but there is a cloud of suspicion over him and he needs to resign. We need to rid our government of such corruption.

I am not sure which state of the fifty has the most crooked politics. I am sure that Illinois would surely be in the top five, along with Louisiana, Mississippi, Utah, and Rhode Island.

Anybody else have a state to nominate? In my state of Texas, being crooked is legal, so there are no ethical conflicts.

Let's also assign blame to the Congressional Black Caucus. Besides vouching for Burris . . . they also intimidated other Democrats into letting this snake inside the tent. They should pay a price for that.

The dimwitocrats can't help biting each other in the backside..they control both houses of congress and the whitehouse and still they are an embarrasment..they are even getting a racist socialist lined up for the supreme court and still they cry..and with all the shining stars they have..dodd..frank...kennedy..kerry..pelosi..with all these inflated egos to stroke no wonder every time I see one of these losers on tv I can't decide wheather to cry or puke..this country is a mess

Well according to the Democratic PC guard, if you don't support the black Democratic candidate, you are a racist.

Welcome the Republican's Big Tent, Senator Durbin.

Durbin better not need votes from the black community. He didn't stick his neck out for Burris, that's a load of self righteous bs. The community leaders called him and told him to get off Roland's back. He started throwing Burris under the bus. I pray for a decent moderate Repug, that would make Durbin sweat bullets.

this is a blackeye for dems goodjob Burris

Just another old, rich, white, stupid racist Republican Senator spewing his hate against blacks. OOPS, sorry, Durbin is Democrat, so ignore the previous statement. My bad.

Sorry Alicia, Illinois will not support Burris...period!

As far as Obama selecting Sonja Sotomayer because of her race. What about the 106 white guys who were selected without ANY competition from people of color or gender because of theirs?

Senator Burris will serve out his term and probably not run again.....If he runs, he will probably be defeated by Chris Kennedy.......I admire and support him......The self righteous holier than thou-ers don't count.....None of them made it as far as Sen. Burris......He has the Seat not them......Judge not lest you be judged....The same way you dish it out it's coming back.....In wrath, remember mercy........Peace....

Dick-you can't throw a black out of the Senate--just because he committed perjury is no good reason...afterall, you whites have been pulling off all kinds of crimes for the last 200 years....so now its time for blacks to do the crimes and get away with it...

Another Illinois voter that will NOT support Burris.

Those that make comments about Burris and don't live in Illinois can't vote anyway so it shouldn't make any difference to them and what makes them think the senators from their state are not corrupt. Give me a break. Spector who turned democrat got a free ride from the judge even though he made some easy money. And if he runs for the senate I don't think he will win. He will go back to being a republican again and they should toss him.

He's "disappointed"? How is that possible? To be disappointed implies that he expected better than this. This is good old Chicago politics at its best. Corrupt to the core, and a national laughingstock.

Burris wasn't truthful so the voters should throw him out for his attempted pay to play action.

Alicia: Yes, Illinois will support Burris and so will I but not Durbin. These democrats like Durbin and Quinn should stop trying to be so holy. They both are as underhanded as can be and they are not the only ones. Reid, Pelosi and Howard Dean (thank goodness he stepped down) are the most corrupt in congress. Reid needs to resign because he's too old to go on. Durbin stop acting like he's in charge over the senate and senators. Its time to clean house of the democrats and make room for more republicans.

@ no hope:

number one, eric holder is one person, therefore making him a "racist" not the plural form. (but i don't think he is one)

number two, "liar" is not spelled with an "e".

number three, you lose what little credibility you already have when you can't even speak/type correctly.

Melissa: Where did you read that the people are the boss of Burris. The people are the voters but they can't tell him what to do and not do. I live in Chicago, born and raised here and know what the Daley machine is all about for years. The slogan is wash my hands and I will wash yours and Durbin is no different. Neither is corrupt Patrick Quinn. Get a grip. If Burris gave a check as a donation he's no different than the people that gave millions to Obama to buy him in office. You know it and so does everyone else in this country. This has been the worst underhanded corrupt presidential election in this countries history.

I am sorry to admit I live in Chicago'nois'. Governors in jail or going to jail.
Just look President, chief of staff, and a very large number of advisors from the great state of Chicago.
Why don't we offer N Korea the 2016 summer games to stop sabber rattling.
We do have the best government money can buy. I just wish I had a job, then i would have money to contribute to burris, durbin, obama, emmual, jarrert, axlerod, reid, and pelosi. I did read the last two are changing states.
Let's have Peterson take over for burris, already doing worse as it stands now.....
Best of luck to America, we're really going to need it until the 2016 olympics........

Democraps looking like idiots?

Next your gonna tell me the sky is blue!!!

I am not really concerned what Durbin says about Burris I will vote for Burris if he runs again but I will never vote for Durbin. Durbin and Dean should shake hands. They are both underhanded democrats that should have resigned from politics. They both are part of the Chicago machine like Patrick Quinn a corrupt democrat himself. The blacks on the southside of Chicago should not give Durbin their vote because of they way Burris was treated. What is the big deal about the donation Burris made. Democrats have always said you wash my hand and I will wash yours. Just ask Nancy Pelosi.

If Burris offered money for his Senate seat, he should be removed and even prosecuted. Him and Blago can share a cell.

Burris should have stayed in Illinois not go to Washington as a Senator. He has clouded the seat in various ways. Hurry Burris and engrave your masuleom and go home.
You have ruined your state's seat along with the Governor. Ugly. Pitiful. Just Plain Pathetic. Pick one any of them.

Who cares what Durbin thinks. Nominate Burris, see if he's any good – move on. Democrats can't waste time with in-fighting like this.

Oh my gosh! Durbin is a racist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (only kidding. but if he were a republican, that's what all 20 angry liberal bloggers on here would be saying)

Burris was on MSNBC"S Hardball and Matthews gave him a grilling, pointing out issues that looked shady on the tape and calling him out from an interview Burris did with Matthews in January or so, and pointed out the conflict in statements between then and caught on the tape.

Burris told Matthews he lied to Blago's brother about raising funds for Blago and told Matthews he had never intended to raise funds.

All in all, I would say Burris will be toast come 2010 if the Ethics committee does not kick him out before then. Of course, if they let repub's "show tune tapper" and the Alaskan Senator stay in office, then Burris should be allowed to as well.

Suckers...we have not reached the bottom of this economic freefall yet.

The same economists who predicted the drop past few months have also predicted times will get tougher in Q3/Q4 and start to recover in 2010. Obama loyal sheep are claiming we are on the up and up.

Blame Bush all you want but foreign investors are pulling cash out of America because they see taxes going up and devastating our economy even further. A capitalist fueled agenda creates wealth. A socialist agenda destroys wealth.

The good news in all of this is to horde your cash now to buy heavily when things tank again.

Ooops Dow down 170 points....thought Obama said last week the worst was behind us? NOT!

Hurray for Senator Durban. This slick new senator from Illinois should resign as soon as possible so not to damage the Democratic Party.

Durbin or DUMB? Who cares who you support, hypocrite!

I am moving to Illinois to challenge you. I do not see why you and Osama do not want a black senator again. Shame!!

Qui Pro Quo is a common political practice everywhere. We are all guilty of it. You have done it, Obama did it with Hillary and Governor Richardson. You will do it again with black community. Obama tried it with Ms. Kennedy of New York. He will do it again with Mr. Kennedy of Illinois.

Well it looks like Senator Burris got his last wish anyway. He can now add the entry "United States Senator" to that last block at his Burial Place. That's all he wanted anyway. He never cared about anything else.

Racist! Typical white man refusing to support a black man running for congress!!

wha? It was Democrat Dick Durbin? Oh sorry... I thought you were a conservative republican. My bad. Didn't mean to call YOU a racist, no. Democrats, blacks, hispanics, gay, lesbian – NONE of these could ever be racist.

The only one supporting Burris is Burris. Oh, and maybe his wife.

NEWSFLASH: Did you know that Burris is a movie star? He is in the 1993 movie with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, "The Fugitive". Specifically, the St. Patty's Day Parade scene. When I saw him I laughed out loud, and thought to myself, he was still trying to win votes, even back then. Apparently it didn't work.

Burris is still a fugitive, only this time he's running from the truth.

The only one supporting Burris is Burris. Oh, and maybe his wife.

NEWSFLASH: Did you know that Burris is a movie star? He is in the 1993 movie with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, "The Fugitive". Specifically, the St. Patty's Day Parade scene. When I saw him I laughed out loud, and thought to myself, he was still trying to win votes, even back then. Apparently it didn't work.

Burris is still a fugitive, only this time he's running from the truth.

The only one supporting Burris is Burris. Oh, and maybe his wife.

NEWSFLASH: Did you know that Burris is a movie star? He is in the 1993 movie with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, "The Fugitive". Specifically, the St. Patty's Day Parade scene. When I saw him I laughed out loud, and thought to myself, he was still trying to win votes, even back then. Apparently it didn't work.

Burris is still a fugitive, only this time he's running from the truth.

Burris is an embarrassment to all people of the United States. I certainly think he should be ousted immediately and never ever ever ever given any benefits for warming a senator's chair for 4 months.

GET RID OF THE CROOK (and I'm an independend leaning democrat).

Surely this is all just a big misunderstanding that can be cleared up by a grand jury inquiry so the voters can see that Burris is the most honest politician Blago knew to appoint. Besides, Burris has good statewide name identification unlike other candidates that are unknown. Burris is honored to receive the honor and perks of a U.S. Senator. The fact that Burris wanted to raise money for Blago had nothing to do with his politican ambitions. Surely the voters will be honored to elect him.

@No Hope May 27th, 2009 5:43 pm ET
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Please, Obama has a more diverse cabinet then the village idiot. YOU people just can't get over the fact that OBAMA is president and he is making BETTER choices then the village idiot. YOU people are a joke. rush limpball "oxycontin king", crazy cheney, vilage idiot and evil eye rice. the list can go on and on. LOL! get over it.

A little late Durbin. The Dems needed Burris' vote on the stimulus plan, so they "let him in." NOW they're all "upset" about him. LOL

I would support Burris if I could find him. The last I heard he was still stuck in Blago's hair. When Blogo washes him out, I might support him. LOL

Really CNN, there's a scoop.

For the record, NOBODY is supporting Burris for th 2010 election, not even the people of Illinois. LOL

Funny, when I heard the tape, I didn't hear Burris offering anything...and if the record shows he never PAID anything to anybody, where's the beef? If he did, that is another matter, but accepting a phone call from the scumbag Blago brother is not a crime in and of itself.

Let me get this straight, Burris lied to the Illinois and Federal governments and Durbin is "disappointed"? Dear Sen. Durbin, you may be surprised to learn this act, even for a Democrat, is ILLEGAL! You and your party reeks of hypocracy!

No one should support Burris, but never count a black politician out in Chicago, Cook County, or Illinois.

I agree w/Durbin! You can't say under oath that you had not spoken w/Rob Blago, then try to amend your statement by saying you forgot such a conversation!!! I've read the transcript. There's no way he would have forgotten that conversation ever.

Why don't you Republican loosers get a new hobby. The very worst of the worst Democrat is cleaner and more honest that the best of your gang. You lost and for the best of reasons so get over it. As to Burris and Blagoyovich if there is so much criminal activity why haven't there been any convictions after all of this time. It didn't take long at all to put a lot of the Republician crooks in jail.

Well – Roland got what he wanted, the opportunity to add another line to his list of accomplishments on his marble monument. I am sure that he knew that the only way he would be able to do that was to get appointed since he doesn't seem to be able to win an elected office on his own merits.

Sad thing is that Roland seems to believe that he deserves to be where he is and seems unable to seperate fact from fiction as to what happened. He needs to do all of the voters in Illinois a big favor and resign. As it is he and the state of Illinois and its people are reduced to laughingstocks.

...and the rats started jumping off the good ship, Burris...

Rolland Burris has been nothing but a walking "contradiction". This guy just keeps digging himself deeper into a black hole. Unbelievable.

Burriss is great for the Republicans. Nothing better than a Democrat train wreck.

From day one of the Burris appointment, something did not seem right. Mr. Burris should have declined the appointment given that it was tainted.

Nobody should support Burris in 2010. The guy is lucky he is still there, he should have done the right thing and resigned. If Illinois supports this liar, it would only show how corrupt they like to be.

Even though he's a politician, I still feel a bit sorry for Burris, who it seems was actually quite naive. Blago used him and now on top of that is dealing dirt for a little relief on his charges. I wonder if the feds have offered Burris a deal to come clean on the Blagos (both Rod and Rob) and I'm interested to see who else Blago will rat on. But I don't expect Blago has anything he can offer up on Rahm, who you know could see through Blago from a million miles away!

Nor should he. Burris has proved himself to be dishonest, ineffectual and egotistical.

This is the right thing for Durbin to do.

@no hope.... not everything rush limbaugh says is golden... he's no one I'd base my political opinions on. I don't know about you, but the more people act like they know what they're talking about by being REALLY loud and forceful...typically don't know anything at all.

... And neither will anyone with 1/2 a brain. Burris is an egotistical moron.

Senator Burris, please resign..

This was a prime example of one party rushing to fill seats on their side of the isle instead of doing what is in the people's best interest. Same can be said about the Minnesota Senate seat currently still in limbo to prevent a seat from being filled with a member from the other side instead of doing what is best interest of not only Minnesota but the whole of America.

One of the founding principles of our govenment is representation. If that system is broken how are 'We The People' not irreverent?

I would vote for him, the same reason i voted for Obama.....he is black.....not worth a darn, but anything to get back at that white man....hahahahha sad day!

@ No Hope, who said "If you dont believe, then read her speech."

Don't you mean "If you don't believe, then read the one sentence from her speach the GOP is plastering all over the place out of context"?

Good!!! Hey, I have a lot of respect for Mr. Durbin as of late.....he's made alot of great decisions......Oh yeah BTW, I'm a black guy......So it's not about race, it's about integrity!!!!!

How can anyone on this post support Burris? Are you insane, colored blind, or just stupid? Any honest Democrat is better than Burris. Go pick a guy at a Cubs game and make him Senator and he'd do a better job.

Durbin not supporting a person of color. So what else is new.

That's the correct call Sen. Durbin.
Burris should never have been seated in the first place – Blago made fools of the Senate and the rest of us just let the egg drip off our faces. Not this time around....

@No Hope May 27th, 2009 5:43 pm ET

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OMG You'r RIGHT!!!!
How can we go on?!?!?!?
Might as well OFF yourself NOW!
please?

Alicia - This Illinois voter will NOT support Senator Burris, whether Durbin like it or not.

F-Dog - The state's attorney in Sangamon County is investigating a perjury charge for Burris lying to the IL State Congress.

Melissa - I agree!! He should never have been seated in the first place!!

Let's hear what the Congressional Black Caucus has to say. After all, they voted unanimously to seat him in a racially motivated vote. The Wimpocrats didn't dare oppose the Black Caucus, so they caved and seated him. How about Reid, any words now?

no kidding. Why would he?

So Senator Durbin has never sent campaign money to the Former Governor or campaigned with him and the greatest co-conspirator of all, the WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF. This is why all the incumbent dems have a problem, it is called credibility and it is gaining on all of them. I voted for Obama but I am very concerned for the Soul of my party.

Yet another example of democrat racism.

Apartheid?

Can we get Burris indicted for lying to Congress?

He should never have been seated in the first place. There needs to be provisions put in place for firing people like this. After all, the people are his boss.

How blind are the Democratic supporters, Burris is a crook, Holder is a racists, Obama is a smoke screen, Pelosi is a Lier, and the rest of the democrates in the administration seem to be tax cheats. So I guess if you want to associated with that crowd, then you will support Obama's pick for new justice even if she is another racist. If you dont believe, then read her speech.

Regardless of political party Burris is a lowlife criminal, no better than the crook that appointed him. He should resign....every minute he is in office is another minute of shame....

Durbin commenting on whether someone is fit for the senate is one of the bigger jokes of the day.

Don't you have some of our troops to slur, Mr. Durbin?

[...] he would not support his colleague from Illinois, Sen. Roland Burris, for re-election in 2010,” Political Ticker reports. Durbin said he told Burris that he was "disappointed" to read a federal wiretap [...]

Thank goodness that Burris will be primaried and Illinois can elect a representative it can be proud of.

Burris should resign now, but his over-sized ego will have nothing to do with that.

The man is a disgrace!

Why would anyone in his/her right mind support they lying bag of Chicago machinery?

We could care less about Durbin. He is full of hot air.

Illinois will support Senator Burris whether Durbin likes it or not!