Comments on: Harry Reid, Furiously Trying to Look Smart and Relevant http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/05/harry-reid-furiously-trying-to-look-smart-and-relevant/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:20:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: suekhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/05/harry-reid-furiously-trying-to-look-smart-and-relevant/comment-page-1/#comment-677451 suek Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:32:25 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7322#comment-677451 Interesting charade. Burris is not qualified because he lacks the signature from the Illinois Secretary of State, so Reid is justified in denying him a seat. Burris obviously knows that. The Illinois SOS has said he will sign if the court requires him to do so, so Burris needs to go to the court and clear up the matter first, then Reid has nothing to fall back on. My guess is that this is what happens next. So in the end, Reid gets to look tough because he refused to seat Burris, and eventually, Burris will get seated with little fanfare. That's my guess. Of course, there may be other wild cards out there that will change the whole picture...!! Who knows. Interesting charade. Burris is not qualified because he lacks the signature from the Illinois Secretary of State, so Reid is justified in denying him a seat. Burris obviously knows that. The Illinois SOS has said he will sign if the court requires him to do so, so Burris needs to go to the court and clear up the matter first, then Reid has nothing to fall back on. My guess is that this is what happens next.

So in the end, Reid gets to look tough because he refused to seat Burris, and eventually, Burris will get seated with little fanfare. That's my guess.

Of course, there may be other wild cards out there that will change the whole picture…!! Who knows.

]]> By: EricHhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/01/05/harry-reid-furiously-trying-to-look-smart-and-relevant/comment-page-1/#comment-677391 EricH Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:29:03 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=7322#comment-677391 <blockquote>Under the Constitution, Reid said, “We determine who sits in the Senate. And the House (of Representatives) determines who sits in the House. So there’s clearly legal authority for us to do whatever we want to do. This goes back for generations.” </blockquote> That's an interesting interpretation of the Constitution. I'm pretty sure that somewhere in there it says the citizens determine who sits in both houses....

Under the Constitution, Reid said, “We determine who sits in the Senate. And the House (of Representatives) determines who sits in the House. So there’s clearly legal authority for us to do whatever we want to do. This goes back for generations.”

That's an interesting interpretation of the Constitution. I'm pretty sure that somewhere in there it says the citizens determine who sits in both houses….

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