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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:44 PM
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9. If Burris is seated the ONLY way the GOP loses in 2010
would be for them to run Keyes again.
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  -Illinois DUers chime in: to seat or not to seat? ieoeja  Jan-06-09 03:23 PM   #0 
  - He should be seated. He's been named by the governor.  mycritters2   Jan-06-09 03:24 PM   #1 
  - I'm torn. I don't want mark kirk to be the next senator and that's what I think is  mucifer   Jan-06-09 03:27 PM   #2 
  - That is actually why I oppose seating Burris.  ieoeja   Jan-06-09 03:32 PM   #6 
  - at this point not seating Burris does the same thing. It's a lose lose situation.  mucifer   Jan-06-09 03:36 PM   #7 
  - If Burris is seated the ONLY way the GOP loses in 2010  IWantAnyDem   Jan-06-09 03:44 PM   #9 
  - I side with the law.  Blarch   Jan-06-09 03:29 PM   #3 
  - Nope. No way, no how.  olkaz   Jan-06-09 03:30 PM   #4 
  - Seated. . .  wndycty   Jan-06-09 03:30 PM   #5 
  - Don't seat him.  IWantAnyDem   Jan-06-09 03:42 PM   #8 
  - Those are arguments not to select him. But having been selected...  Bucky   Jan-06-09 04:47 PM   #24 
  - I want an election  frazzled   Jan-06-09 03:57 PM   #10 
  - Ahhh, so you want MArk Kirk for Senator  IWantAnyDem   Jan-06-09 03:59 PM   #11 
  - it's true. But, we do live in a democracy. See the problem? We are just like the republicans  mucifer   Jan-06-09 04:11 PM   #12 
  - 17th amendment and IL law says appointment  IWantAnyDem   Jan-06-09 04:29 PM   #18 
  - Just Curious - Why Do You Think Kirk Would Win?......nt  global1   Jan-06-09 04:24 PM   #17 
  - He painted himself as a moderate in a liberal leaning district. Dan Seals should have  mucifer   Jan-06-09 04:44 PM   #22 
  - Same reason Blagojevich won in 2002  IWantAnyDem   Jan-06-09 04:45 PM   #23 
  - If we let Burris stay in office for two years, Kirk will certainly win  frazzled   Jan-06-09 04:44 PM   #21 
  - And since the seat expires next year ...  ieoeja   Jan-06-09 04:12 PM   #13 
     - Bingo  IWantAnyDem   Jan-06-09 04:23 PM   #15 
  - Seat him but be prepared  nevergiveup   Jan-06-09 04:13 PM   #14 
  - I have a solution, Obama can do this  JayMusgrove   Jan-06-09 04:23 PM   #16 
  - That would be unconstitutional.  IWantAnyDem   Jan-06-09 04:31 PM   #20 
  - Seat Him.  blueladybird   Jan-06-09 04:31 PM   #19 
  - What is the legal basis for denying this appointment?  Bucky   Jan-06-09 04:50 PM   #25 
  - The Senate has the authority to not seat if they feel there is a cloud over...  carpentrerman   Jan-06-09 05:10 PM   #27 
  - "Cloud" is not a legal standard.  kevsand   Jan-06-09 05:30 PM   #28 
     - If the Senate refuses to seat it won't be a legal proceeding.  carpentrerman   Jan-06-09 05:42 PM   #29 
        - But in making such a decision, they have to define it.  kevsand   Jan-06-09 06:02 PM   #30 
  - The rule of law says you don't sell a Senate seat.  Radical Activist   Jan-06-09 06:22 PM   #32 
     - Do you have proof that Burris bought the seat?  hnmnf   Jan-06-09 08:36 PM   #34 
  - I don't think OUR opinions mean much in all this.  davsand   Jan-06-09 05:10 PM   #26 
  - Seat him after Blagojevich is impeached.  Radical Activist   Jan-06-09 06:20 PM   #31 
  - Seat Him, Impeach and Imprison HotRod, and Let Pat Quinn Clean Up in Springfield  mikekohr   Jan-06-09 07:51 PM   #33 
  - No idea  ibegurpard   Jan-06-09 08:43 PM   #35 
 

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