Burris may run for IL Senate after all

[WI_DEM]

Illinois Sen. Roland Burris announced last month that he would not run to retain his Senate seat next year, but in his first television interview since making that decision, Burris told ABC News he could change his mind.


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ABC's Jonathan Karl chats with Sen. Roland Burris on the Capitol Hill subway."You never say never," Burris told ABC News in a "Subway Series" interview for the ABC News program "Top Line." The "Subway Series," which debuts on Monday, features interviews with senators and other political leaders on board the Capitol Hill subway.

"What I'm still hearing," Burris said, is "people from all over the country and they are saying, 'Don't give up that seat.'"

Nobody took a more unusual route to the Senate than Burris, who is only the sixth African American in U.S. history to serve in the Senate.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8289774&page=1

[madrchsod]

1. he has no money and no one will vote for him.....

dream on roland, dream on...

[Cha]

2. From I can gather..dreaming big

is not his problem..but having the gravitas behind it ..is.

[ejpoeta]

3. you think he'd make it through a primary??

[Moreland2008]

4. I cant Believe

All you racy racists racistifying against The Honorable Doctor Chaplain Roland Elizabeth Burris. For SHAME!



But seriously.

Chris Kennedy is my man.

Fuck Alexi, Lisa, Go Kennedy.

[ejpoeta]

5. i sure would hope that people from chicago would want to put all that behind them....

blagojavech (sp).... that whole mess.... and how can they do that if burris is still there. lol.

[WeDidIt]

6. I simply could never vote for Burris

Sorry, I held my nose and voed for a Democratic Crook in 2006 for governor.

I ain't voting for another crook just because he's got the (D) after his name.

[madinmaryland]

7. How many times a day is Blegoyavich calling him?

:wtf:

[bigwillq]

8. He should not run

Although I supported him when he took over for Obama. He's really been a good Liberal, but he should not run.

[WeDidIt]

9. He's a fucking crook

and most poeple in Illinois know he's a fucking crook.

He offered to buy Obama's Senate seat.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. It's his right to run

and it will be up to Democrats in Illinois as to whether or not to nominate him to run against............? Personally, it sounds like he has been tainted by the whole Blagoevich scandal and he may have actually engaged in some questionable activities about which he was not forthcoming and should probably step aside for the good of the party and a better shot at retaining that Senate seat, but it's still ultimately up to the Democratic primary voters for them to decide who will run for his seat. Anybody have any polling data about any potential match ups? Anybody else announced for the nomination?

[saltpoint]

11. This is moving very rapidly from the kinda pathetic phase to the

unbelievably pathetic phase.

Burris is a goner.

[timo]

12. shoot

shoot the lame pony before he tries to saddle it again!

[burning rain]

13. Need one--& only one--Dem challenger to defeat him in the primary if he runs.

I suspect many of those encouraging Burris to run are Republicans.

[Enrique]

14. didn't he raise something like $36.50 in the first quarter? n/t