THE MAN WHO REPLACED OBAMA - AT 7:57 A.M. ET:  Oh dear, oh dear.  To quote Cindy Adams, "So many scandals, so little time."  From CBS in Chicago:

Sen. Roland Burris was recorded on an FBI wiretap suggesting that he could write a check to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign before the ousted governor appointed Burris to the Senate.

The details of the conversation emerged after a federal judge said Tuesday he would allow the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee to hear a federal wiretap of the former governor's brother, Rob, having a fund-raising conversation with Burris. Rob Blagojevich was running the campaign fund at the time.

COMMENT:  Has the president of the United States nothing to say about this, about the man who replaced him in the U.S. Senate?  Apparently not.  He is from Chicago, and apparently knows not to challenge those more politically powerful than he is.

It is time for the real power, the mayor of Chicago, to put an end to Burris's Senate career.  Frankly, I hope he doesn't.  Rep. Mark Kirk of Illinois, a superb Republican, is poised to run for the Senate against Burris next year, and Kirk can win.

May 27, 2009