Reid Is Right on Not Seating Burris

I totally agree with this:

I’ve had my problems with Reid over the years, but he’s not in the wrong on Blagojevich and Burris.  This is not a racial issue.  Long before Burris, a black man, was appointed by a corrupt governor, Reid said he wouldn’t allow anyone, anyone, appointed by Blagojevich, to be seated.  There is no reason to believe Reid and the Democratic caucus are opposing Burris for racial reasons: all of them signed a letter saying they wouldn’t seat anyone.  Do you know how hard it is to get every Democratic Senator to agree on anything?

Here’s the fact: Blagojevich was caught, on tape, trying to sell the seat.  He is corrupt.  He is tainted.  It may be true, on the strict letter of the law, that Blagojevich is still entitled legally to appoint a Senator (since the Illinois Senate has refused to do its job).  Morally, however, it is odious to allow a Governor who, again, is caught on tape trying to sell the seat, to appoint someone to it.

Letting this play out legally, right to the Supreme Court, is the right thing to do.  If the Supremes rule that Burris must be seated, so be it.  It is then on them that a man appointed by a known seat-selling Governor is in the Senate.  It is not on Senate Democrats that they were willing to allow someone who was willing to accept a tainted seat to enter the Senate.

I will also note that Progressives are being played by Blagojevich.  He appointed a black man exactly to jerk around white liberals with conflicted feelings about race.  It’s working perfectly.

However, if Reid backs down on this before it gets to the Supreme Court, color me unsurprised.

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