Blunt words about Burris, race  February 26, 2009|By Cate Plys
Dear Illinois African-American Community:  Please let me make a
point on the unfolding debacle formerly known as Roland Burris,
despite the fact that I have no recent ancestors from Africa. (I
considered not writing this at all, but then I picked up the
paper and found Atty. Gen. Eric Holder was already calling me a
coward.)  The single most reliable strategy to ensure that
President Barack Obama's former Senate seat will ultimately go
to a white politician is to keep Burris in it.  I hear a portion
of your community still supports Burris, and some believe the
cry for Burris' removal is a plot to send the Senate seat into
white hands. Generally I don't discourage people from
considering nefarious motives for anything Illinois politicians
do.  But in this case, I don't think nefarious motives are
likely. Illinois Democrats just want to keep the Senate seat
Democratic. (True, this in itself is nefarious.) They also care
about keeping Illinois state