Senate Showdown

(via Halperin) So, it sounds like the first way Senate leadership will try and keep from seating Burris will be to demand "certification" (which Jesse White has refused to do). But, because Blago has pre-signed certifications, the backup plan is to refer the matter to the Senate rules committee which would give the IL legislature enough time to impeach Blago, and let Quinn appoint a new senator.

Read about it all here.

Also, this is sad:

Lynn Sweet reports, Senate Majority Whip (and Illinois senior Senator) Dick Durbin has left at least two telephone messages for Burris, but neither of those calls has been returned. (Burris says he hasn't figured out how to work his cellphone, which suggests that perhaps he is indeed suited for the Senate.) So the assumption now is that Burris will be showing up Tuesday to get sworn in on the first day of the new congressional session.