The American Pundit

Bobby Rush made a point today of noting that, with Barack Obama gone, there is no longer an African American in the United States Senate. He said that he didn’t believe that Reid and other Senate Democrats would want to go on record blocking the only black man in the Senate from taking his seat. Is it racebaiting? Yep. Does he have a point? Yep.

So, Allahpundit earlier predicted that, in order to give Reid cover in his pursuit to block Ronald Burris without accusations of racism, Barack Obama would agree that Burris is a fine man but unacceptable. If Obama, the holder of the Absolute Moral Authority card of all Absolute Moral Authority cards says it, who’s to question?

Lo and behold, here comes the statement from Obama calling Burris a fine man but unacceptable:

“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,” Obama said in a statement. “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.”

Are we going to witness a Constitutional showdown? Blago’s a narcissist and, it would seem obviously, agree that the Senate can’t stop him from appointing Burris. Harry Reid and Dick Durbin, amongst others, disagree entirely. The Warren court took the opinion that the only thing Burris could be stopped for is failing to meet the Constitutional requirements, all of which he appears to meet. Reid, wanting to get both Blago and his appointment off the stage, is unlikely to settle for Burris taking his place in the Senate. On to the Supreme Court, as Allah quips.