Rain on Burris's Circus Parade

Senator-designate Roland Burris (D-Blagojevich) was damp and displeased. He had come to Washington to be sworn in as the junior senator from Illinois, but he was cast out by the Senate secretary and instead wound up, his overcoat soaked and his eyeglasses dripping, in a muddy patch of land...

By Marisa Katz | January 7, 2009; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (3)