If Burris were white, would Reid's refusal to accept him be because of his whiteness?

[Unsane]

Why then, because Burris is black, is Reid's refusal to accept supposedly based on Burris' blackness? Gimme a break!

on edit: I think Reid has botched this whole thing completely, but this has simply nothing to do with race.

[WeDidIt]

1. According to DU logic, YES!

:eyes:

This place is nuttier than a Freeper rally some days.

[w4rma]

3. No, just according to a few trolls. (nt)

[Phoonzang]

7. Which threads like this are feeding.... nt

[redstate_democrat]

2. Race may not the factor

but Reid's douchebaggery is. He's also clearly disregarding the Constitution.

[w4rma]

4. Currently there is a required signiture missing, no matter what.

Anyway, the Constitution actually reads that the Senate has full discretion as to whom can enter their ranks.

[RaleighNCDUer]

8. No, it doesn't.

The senate only has discretion as to who SERVES. The senate has no authority to turn Burris away. But the senate can, one minute after he is sworn in, vote to expel him.

[redstate_democrat]

9. Yes, under the senate RULES, he needs a signature. They can use that to stall for time.

But as an overall matter, they don't have the right to just exclude anyone for any reason. That is unconstitutional and an infringement on a state's right to send their own representative to Congress. Here you have the senator from another state deciding who shall and who shall not represent another state on a basis totally above that body's constitutional authority.

But yes, Burris needs to get the signature according to the senate's rules. But the senate's rules aren't constitutional or even law. They're administrative/procedural rules for that particular body.

[WeDidIt]

5. Reid didn't do a damned thing today, the Secretary of the Senate rejected

the credentials for a valid reason.

Burris needs to go back and get Jesse White's signature on the certificate of appointment. It will be only then that Reid enters into the equation.

[WI_DEM]

6. It's not race, it's Blago.

Reid had no problem with Barack Obama as a Senator or as our nominee for president.