Opinion

Seat Burris

January 7, 2009

If a mischievous Republican had contrived to bollix up the smooth transition to all-Democratic rule of the U.S. government, he could not have done a better job than Democrats have done themselves by refusing to seat Roland Burris as Illinois’ junior Senator.

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