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Burris' Ethics Bubble Bursts, Opening Door for Expulsion

Just when you thought the drama was over.

Who could have predicted this? Well, to be honest, pretty much anybody.

Reid is about as smooth as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. He's a hazard to Obama's agenda.

While Feinstein has broken with her party in the past, her double shot this week seems to have caught Democratic leaders off guard.

Confusion remains as to what will happen with Burris.

Fallout from the surreal political scandal in Illinois has now wafted into Minnesota.

MSNBC is saying that they're trying to give Burris an ambassadorship or some other appointment in order to go away quietly.

Harry Reid and the Democrats in the Senate should go ahead and seat Roland Burris from Illinois.

The entire country thinks Senators are a bunch of clowns. The country, of course, thinks this because Senators keep acting like clowns.

If Blagojevich's motivation for picking Burris was to take the glare of media attention off of himself, he's succeeded beyond his wildest dreams.