I Want to Play Poker with Harry Reid  —  digg it  —  I want to play poker with Harry Reid.  Really I do.  —  Rather than call for a special election in Illinois, Reid sends a letter to Blagojevich signed by everyone in the Democratic caucus asking him to step down.

City of Cold Shoulders  —  THE scene of Roland W. Burris being escorted from the Senate by the Capitol police on Tuesday could be only the first act of an unpleasant and distracting drama.  But in the days since Mr. Burris's appointment to Illinois's junior Senate seat was announced …

Reid aide denies Senate seating Burris  —  A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is denying an AP report that Roland Burris will be seated in the Senate.  The report is “wrong,” said Reid spokesman Jim Manley.  —  “There are have been no decisons,” Manley said.

Democrats to seat Burris?  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  Democratic aides are disputing reports that there is a deal to seat Roland Burris, even as Burris sits behind closed doors negotiating with Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin.

Burris heads into pivotal meeting  —  Roland Burris heads into a pivotal meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin on Wednesday with an unmistakable sense of momentum.  —  He's now got a top Senate Democrat on his side, a growing chorus …

Obama Is Under Fire Over Panetta Selection  —  Current, Ex-CIA Officials Criticize ‘Opaque’ Process  —  President-elect Barack Obama said yesterday that he has selected a “top-notch intelligence team” that would provide the “unvarnished” information his administration needs, rather than “what they think the president wants to hear.”