Blago Update

It's been a while since my last Blago update mostly because there was a lot of smoke but not much heat in recent weeks. However there were a couple of interesting developments in the last couple of days. First off, Blago made the decision to appoint the designated seat warmer.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected today to name former Illinois Atty. Gen. Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate…

Honestly Burris is not a bad pick. He is an unambitious career lower level politician. One of the few somewhat decent Illinois pols left in either party. The usual suspect chimed in. Including the Secretary of State who has decided that he can over-ride Blago. That led Burris to go before the Illinois Supreme Court to get the appointment certified.

Blago's appointment of Burris led to much speculation about whether the Senate can (or can not) block Burris from taking the seat.

Lastly, Fitzy has asked for a 90 day extension for his indictment. Generally when that happens it is because the prosecutor still does not have the evidence to build a case. That is not the case this time...

In the motion filed Wednesday, prosecutors ask for more time because "multiple witnesses" have come forward in recent weeks and investigators have to review "thousands of intercepted phone calls."

Oh yeah and Tony Rezko is STILL singing to the feds.

As my friend Rick Moran said on his Blog Talk Radio show a couple of weeks back - who needs soap operas in Illinois. Not when you have "As Blago Turns"....

UPDATE: My friend Gary has the latest and oh is it a doozy!

Democrats like portraying themselves as the African-American community’s best friend. That image will take a hit next Tuesday when Roland Burris will attempt to be sworn in as senator. The Democrats’ image will take a hit because Democrats won’t permit Burris to enter the Senate chamber:

Senate Democratic leaders think Roland Burris, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat, will likely show up on Capitol Hill Tuesday for the opening day of Congress, according to a Democratic aide familiar with Senate Democratic leaders’ plans.

They have prepared a contingency plan in case he does, the aide added. Burris will not be allowed on the Senate floor, according to this aide and a Senate Democratic leadership aide.

The aide familiar with Senate Democratic leaders’ plans said if Burris tries to enter the Senate chamber, the Senate doorkeeper will stop Burris. If Burris were to persist, either trying to force his way onto the Senate floor or refusing to leave and causing a scene, U.S. Capitol Police would stop him, said the aide. “They (police) probably won’t arrest him” but they would call the sergeant-at-arms,” the aide said.

Frankly, the Democrats’ strategy sounds eerily similar to when Gov. George Wallace stood in the doorway at the University of Alabama in a symbolic attempt to block two black students from enrolling at the school. The world has changed but the Democrats’ racist tendencies still exist. In fact, it doesn’t sound like their strategies have changed since June, 1963.

Pass the popcorn please!