The Obamaworld Watch: Dems abandon Burris
Dems abandon Burris
Politico
By MANU RAJU & MARTIN KADY
Updated: 2/18/09 8:11 PM EST
Sen. Roland Burris is rapidly losing any political support he once had among colleagues, with Democrats from the statehouse to the White House raising questions about his entanglements with ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
In a statement issued Wednesday evening, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said that “the accuracy and completeness of his testimony and affidavits have been called into serious question.
Durbin, who earlier in the day told the Chicago Tribune that “at this point, his future in the Senate seat is in question,” said in the statement that “Every day there are more and more revelations about contacts with Blagojevich advisors, efforts at fundraising and omissions from his list of lobbying clients. This was not the full disclosure under oath that we asked for.”
Burris is now hunkering down in damage control mode, saying in a feisty Chicago speech today he has “nothing to hide” and that he has no intention of resigning, despite calls from several Illinois legislators and at least two Democratic members of the Illinois congressional delegation for him to quit. Burris has canceled his public schedule for the rest of the week.
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