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Lunar
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« on: February 28, 2009, 02:00:04 AM »
Burris's political carcass is sure starting to stink up the place.

I've known this for a while, but my main man Alexi G is formally in the race starting Monday.  We'll use Scorecard because it's convenient:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0209/Giannoulias_running_for_Senate.html
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« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2009, 02:07:34 AM »
Al Gore's Bill Daley?
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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2009, 02:14:40 AM »
Wasn't Lunar one of the people insisting Burris did have a snowball's chance in hell of hanging on in 2010? He looks fucked beyond hope.
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« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2009, 02:18:11 AM »
Quote from: You Will Find The Stars Won't Shine Tonight on February 28, 2009, 02:14:40 AM
Wasn't Lunar one of the people insisting Burris did have a snowball's chance in hell of hanging on in 2010? He looks fucked beyond hope.

That was before the shiz hit the fan.  Obviously when the latest news started dripping out a week ago, he was a dead fish.  And I was posting an article of a guy who knows more about Chicago politics, Rich Miller (who runs TheCapitolFaxBlog), than everyone you can name combined Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2009, 12:06:43 PM »
Quote from: Lunar on February 28, 2009, 02:18:11 AM
Quote from: You Will Find The Stars Won't Shine Tonight on February 28, 2009, 02:14:40 AM
Wasn't Lunar one of the people insisting Burris did have a snowball's chance in hell of hanging on in 2010? He looks fucked beyond hope.

That was before the shiz hit the fan. 

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« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2009, 02:57:49 PM »
good riddance
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« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2009, 03:08:46 PM »
For those who didn't get it from the bolding, Cheryle Jackson is black. So not even racial voting, which was quickly becoming obviously irrelevant in any case, can save Burris.
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« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2009, 03:28:16 PM »
Good. The sooner Roland Burris has gone, the better

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« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2009, 10:03:55 PM »
Quote from: Democratic Hawk on February 28, 2009, 03:28:16 PM
Good. The sooner Roland Burris has gone, the better

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« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2009, 10:31:56 PM »

A resignation still seems remote, so the sooner part is left to Speaker Madigan deciding to move a bill for a special election.
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« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2009, 10:53:27 PM »
THEN LAWSUIT TIME YAY
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« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2009, 11:17:20 PM »
why not just strip Burris of all committee assignments a la Traficant and then ignore him
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« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2009, 06:54:58 PM »
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“Giannoulias, I am told, is running no matter the election scenario or the other contenders. "
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