No major confrontation, just the Secretary of the Senate telling Burris that he couldn’t be allowed in because his credentials didn’t have the signature of Illinois Sec. of State Jesse White. What’s a disappointed narcissist to do? Consult with his attorneys to pursue legal action.

Roland Burris of Illinois, rejected in his attempt to take a new seat in the Senate this morning, averted any public showdown by quietly accepting the refusal of his credentials inside the Secretary of the Senate’s office on the third floor of the Capitol.

“My name is Roland Burris, the junior Senator from the State of Illinois,” Burris told reporters later as he stood in the rain in a park outside the Capitol. “I was advised that my credentials were not in order.”

The former attorney general of Illinois said he would take legal action, challenging the Senate’s refusal, but averted any showdown at the door of the Senate chambers. “I am not seeking to have any kind of confrontation,” Burris added.

Off the Capitol grounds where his entry to the Senate had been refused, Burris was left to his own – the Capitol police who had escorted him away from the Capitol leaving him to a press conference in the park.

A podium was set up in a park across the street from the Capitol outside the Russell Office Building.

A podium? But of course. Just like his constant mentioning of being “the junior Senator from the State of Illinois” when everyone already knows the story. He’s a narcissist.

More: AmSpec makes a great point:

If the Republicans tried something similar with a distinguished African-American politician who would be the only black senator, they’d surely be compared to Democrat George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door. As I write today in my column on the main site, Bobby Rush may make sure Harry Reid doesn’t get off any easier.

Indeed. As I write this we’re learning that Rush has now said that the denial of entry was “racist”. At least the next few years will be entertaining.