Annnnnnd Reid messes up the Burris seating thing to the bitter end.

They seated Million Dollar Burris today:

WASHINGTON – Roland Burris took his place as Barack Obama’s successor in the Senate on Thursday, ending a standoff that embarrassed the president-elect and fellow Democrats who initially resisted the appointment by scandal-scarred Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

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More than a week after his colleagues were sworn in, Burris was seated without objection or a roll call vote, even though Majority Leader Harry Reid had said senators would have their voices heard on whether to accept his appointment.

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Senate Democrats wanted to move beyond the distracting controversy and its racial undertones.

Bolding mine: you know that a Democrat’s messed up when the AP refuses to carry his water for him. I would like to thank the Democrats for this gloriously stupid meltdown of theirs, by the way: it was the perfect background of cowardice, corruption, and abject incompetence with which to highlight the incoming administration. We couldn’t have done this better ourselves, and I am not just saying that. I really can’t think of anything that we would have done any differently.

This was art.

Moe Lane

PS: Gird your loins.