More Congressional Embarrassment By Harry Reid's Democrats

You have to love the melodrama being displayed by Harry Reid's Senate.

First he refuses to seat Roland Burris, the duly-appointed hack from Illinois, to replace the party's newly-elected First Rookie President.

In a move calculated to give heartburn to every Democrat of national stature, the about-to-be-impeached Governor Blagojevich stuck his thumb in the eye of the President-elect and his own state's party officials, appointing Burris over everybody's objections. No general election, as many Illinois legislators demanded.

Back in Washington, Reid foolishly refused to seat Burris, claiming the chamber's right to determine who is qualified to sit.

Too bad for Harry that Burris is black. That only made the situation look racist, in addition to just plain stupid.

You see, back in the late 1960s, New York's Harlem Representative, Adam Clayton Powell, was refused a seat in the House because of his involvement in a bribery scandal. The case went to court, and Powell won.

So Reid fell back on something more tangible than just Blago's tainted appointment. He demanded the Illinois Secretary of State's certification of Burris.

But....this created a collateral problem.

Minnesota Democrat and Senatorial election thief Al Franken was heading to Washington to be sworn in, at the urging of his state's still-sitting Senator Amy Klobuchar. But....with his Republican opponent, Norm Coleman, suing over the many shady ballot decisions in the process of robbing him of his several hundred vote victory over the challenger, Franken can't be certified.

So, when Reid demanded Burris' certification, he pulled the rug out from under Klobuchar and Franken.

You can't make this sort of amateur-hour theatre up. No, you have to watch Congressional Democrats in action.

At least the entertainment is free, once you've paid your taxes.