Posted by denised in on 05 27th, 2009 | 
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich announces his choice of former Ill. Attorney General Roland Burris to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, in Chicago. Blagojevich has defied U.S. Senate leaders and his own state’s lawmakers by appointing former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
