Seems like the corruption of the disgraced former Illinois governor is continuing with the Washington Post's revelation that U.S. Sen. Roland Burris lied about prior contact with the ousted Rod Blagojevich prior to his appointment to the senate seat.
According to the Post, Burris filed an affidavit last week that Blagojevich contacted Burris several times last year - starting in October - asking Burris to raise money for the governor. Burris also said he talked with John Harris, Blago's chief of staff, about the Senate seat back in October - prior to President Barack Obama's victory. Burris also said he asked Harris about a state job for his nephew.
Who knows if the affidavit filed by Burris is truthful, after all, he did swear in a previous affidavit he had no contact with the governor prior to his appointment to the seat.
The Illinois House is calling for an independent investigation into Burris' perjury.
Not only is Burris' revelation more mud on the name of clean politics in Illinois, it's also egg on the face of President Obama who, along with others, urged Senate leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to allow Burris to take the seat. With the latest revelations, it's possible Reid will seek retribution and seek to have Burris step down from the Senate - of course that will hurt the Democrat's numbers in the Senate if they were to lose any of their majority.
Illinois Republicans will surely use this to their advantage in the 2010 elections. While the nation called for change from GOP leadership in 2008, the people of Illinois may do the same in the next election by giving Republicans a chance to clean up the state.
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