Collins: Pros and Cons on Roland Burris

From The New York Times:

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So where does that leave us? To summarize —

Pros:

1) Not corrupt.

2) Rod Blagojevich is smarter than he looks.

3) Make Rush Limbaugh stop calling Harry Reid a racist.

Cons:

1) Mausoleum syndrome.

2) Secretary of state signature thing.

3) Excessive reliance on the political advice of loved ones.

Personally, I say give the guy the seat. Worst-case scenario, Illinois gets an overly self-involved lawmaker who seems, at this point in his life, to have a tendency to say things that sound somewhat silly. If that was a disqualification, the Senate could never meet a quorum call again.

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h/t Dennis Prager