A key Democrat broke with her Senate colleagues Tuesday to support Roland Burris in his controversial bid to assume Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat.
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee that soon could take up Burris' case, said Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has the right to appoint a senator despite the allegations of corruption against him.
"Does the governor have the power, under law, to make the appointment? And the answer is yes," Feinstein said, urging the Senate to settle the matter. "If you don't seat Mr. Burris, it has ramifications for gubernatorial appointments all over America. ... Mr. Burris is a senior, experienced politician."
The comments flew in the face of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's assertion that Burris should not be seated in part because the move would be tainted by the Blagojevich scandal. Feinstein's stance is the latest sign of intra-party tensions over the matter.
Di Fi is watching the Senate Dems make fools of themselves over this guy and she clearly wants no part of that. She realizes that Gov. Blago had a perfect right to make the appointment, and there's no legal basis for the Illinois Secretary of State to withhold his signature from the appointment certification. Consequently, there's no legal basis to deny him his seat in the Senate.
Di Fi is trying to stop the Dems from digging themselves in deeper.
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