Sen. Roland Burris of Illinois--famed for his appointment by
disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich--is hearing
voices. Sen. Burris, who had announced he would
not stand for election, says he might run after
all. Reports
ABC News:
Illinois Sen. Roland Burris announced last month that he
would not
run to retain his Senate seat next year, but in his first
television interview since making that decision, Burris told
ABC News he could change his mind.
"You never say never," Burris
told ABC News in a "Subway Series" interview for the ABC
News program "Top Line." The "Subway Series," which debuts on
Monday, features interviews with senators and other political
leaders on board the Capitol Hill subway.
"What I'm still hearing," Burris said, is "people from all over
the country and they are saying, 'Don't give up that seat.'"
He thinks the voices come from real people. I suspect they
are in his mind. Time for a visit to a mental health
professional?
About the Author
Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).
