On December 30, 2008, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich nominated Roland Burris to replace President Elect Barack Obama in the US senate. This came after many pleas from the Illinois senate for the governor to not appoint a replacement right now due to all the scandal surrounding him. The governor did not listen, which I believe is a complete mistake. I think that he is not in any position to appoint someone to a seat that he has been accused of trying to sell. I do not disagree with his choice, I merely think that it wasn't the best time for him to appoint someone. On the other hand, I believe that he wanted for someone to fill the seat and to prove that he is capable of doing something right. I am still not in agreement with his appointing someone to the seat at this point in time. The senate is attempting to find some way for Burris to not be appointed to the seat that has been vacated by the president elect, however it appears that those ideas are slim. There is one thing that may help to prevent his appointment, the fact that the Secretary of State must sign off on the appointment and currently Jesse White, the Illinois Secretary of State, has not done that. That doesn't really mean anything right now, but it could some day. What do you think of the appointment?
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