Obama and Senate Democrats can keep the Senate all-white ... or so they seem to think!

Governor Rod Blagojevich (D. Ill.) Nominating Roland Burris to fill President-Elect Obama's Senate Seat

Can President-Elect Barack Obama's spanking new bully pulpit and the Senate Democrats insure that an elderly, controversy-free gentleman from Chicago (who, at one time, was the first African American to climb to a state-wide office in Illinois) be denied his Constitutional rights?

I'm only guessing, but I'd put my money on the Law and American justice over politics and see a future Senator Roland Burris (D. Ill.).

Yes, it's a shame that Governor Sleazebag nominated ANYONE, but being that he nominated an eminently qualified gentleman to take the job, I'd say: Let the Law rank supreme and let us not go through another hassle akin to the 1969 Supreme Court decision in the case of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. of New York. At that time, the court found that the House could not bar Mr. Powell, who had been accused of financial impropriety, if he met the constitutionally determined qualifications for age, citizenship and residency.

And in this case, there isn't even a hint of scandal in Mr. Burris' past. Of course, Mr. Obama would have to face a Senate with a member who happened to be black (that was Obama's seat and his special honor previously, after all), but come on, guys ... get with it and move past this whole silliness!

Don't give Rod Blagojevich the stage for several months while the Senate seat hangs in the balance--or goes Republican in a special election.

Being a State of Washington employee facing possible layoff thanks to a State budget crunch, I know how I would feel if I were one of those whose jobs would have to go to pay for a special state-wide election in Illinois at this time.