Blagojevich Names Obama Senate Replacement

Obama Releases Statement | 5:42 p.m. The President-elect released a statement Tuesday on Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich’s decision to name Roland Burris to replace him in the Senate:

Roland Burris is a good man and a fine public servant, but the Senate Democrats made it clear weeks ago that they cannot accept an appointment made by a governor who is accused of selling this very Senate seat. I agree with their decision, and it is extremely disappointing that Governor Blagojevich has chosen to ignore it. I believe the best resolution would be for the Governor to resign his office and allow a lawful and appropriate process of succession to take place. While Governor Blagojevich is entitled to his day in court, the people of Illinois are entitled to a functioning government and major decisions free of taint and controversy.
Updated | 4:11 p.m. Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois has named Roland Burris, a former state attorney general, to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the United States Senate.
“Please don’t allow the allegations against me to taint this good and honest man,” Governor Blagojevich said during a news conference Tuesday announcing the decision to appoint Mr. Burris.
“As governor, I am required to make this appointment,” he said. “If I don’t make this appointment, then the people of Illinois will be deprived of their appropriate voice and vote in the United States Senate.”
Mr. Burris asked Illinois voters to place their faith in him. “I am humbled to have this opportunity,” Mr. Burris said. “I promise the citizens that I will dedicated my utmost effort as a U.S. senator and uphold the integrity of the office, and ask for the people’s continued confidence in me.”

Mr. Blagojevich, who faces federal corruption charges including allegations that he tried to sell Mr. Obama’s former senate seat for a high-paying job or money, had not been expected to try to fill the seat. As recently as ten days ago, his lawyer, Edward Genson, said he would not attempt to make an appointment, since Senate leaders had indicated they would not accept anyone whom the beleaguered Mr. Blagojevich had appointed.
The Democratic leaders of the Senate repeated that view on Tuesday, issuing a statement saying it was “truly regrettable that despite requests from all 50 Democratic Senators and public officials throughout Illinois, Governor Blagojevich would take the imprudent step of appointing someone to the United States Senate who would serve under a shadow and be plagued by questions of impropriety.”
The statement continued, “We say this without prejudice toward Roland Burris’s ability, and we respect his years of public service. But this is not about Mr. Burris; it is about the integrity of a governor accused of attempting to sell this United States Senate seat. Under these circumstances, anyone appointed by Gov. Blagojevich cannot be an effective representative of the people of Illinois and, as we have said, will not be seated by the Democratic Caucus.”
The leaders concluded by saying the appointment was “unfair to Mr. Burris, it is unfair to the people of Illinois and it will ultimately not stand.” They called on the governor once again to resign.
Mr. Burris, 71 and a Democrat, is a longtime political player in this state, who has run for governor before, including mounting a primary challenge against Mr. Blagojevich. Mr. Obama backed him over Mr. Blagojevich in that race.

An aide to Mr. Obama said Tuesday that the news came as a surprise.
Mr. Blagojevich’s arrest in December prompted national and local political leaders of both parties to call for his resignation. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, warned him that he should ”under no circumstances make an appointment,” and Senator Dick Durbin, a fellow Democrat and the senior senator from Illinois, said that “no appointment by this governor could produce a credible replacement.”
The United States Constitution makes each house of Congress “the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members,” but cases of either house refusing to seat a new member, either elected or appointed, have been rare. An extremely close race in New Hampshire in 1974 whose outcome was reversed twice on recounts led the Senate to refuse to seat the candidate eventually recorded as winning by two votes, and to call for a fresh election to settle the issue instead.


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