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Roland Burris: Ex-Senator Who Briefly Filled Obama Seat Still Nursing Wounds
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Feb 16, 2013 10:31pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Feb 16, 2013 10:30pm |
| Description | When Roland Burris is reached by phone at his Chicago law office earlier this week, he is proofreading copies of his memoir. He gives the working title—“What is your reaction to that? Does it grab you?”—but asks that it not be printed, since he hasn’t copywritten it. His agent is still shopping the book around, and Burris is hoping for some kind of advance.
The thrust of the memoir is his journey from Centralia, Illinois, to his controversial appointment by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama—the seat no one wanted after Blagojevich was caught by federal agents trying to sell it to the highest bidder. |
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