Around The Horn
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
What Makes Roland Run?
This January 1998 Illinois Issues article offers some interesting background on Burris.Way To Go, Madigans
Archpundit lays the blame for today's circus at the feet of House Speaker Michael Madigan and Attorney General Lisa Madigan, pointing out how they have delayed the impeachment process. "If this is what it would be like to have a Speaker and Governor as father and daughter," he writes, "I've had enough already."Burris The Lobbyist
Politico's Ben Smith takes a look at Burris' lobbying record, which shows that he represented the Illinois Association of Mortgage Bankers in 2007.
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