Senate to Open with Succession Dramas Still on Stage

By Paul Kane With just six days till the start of the 111th Congress, the Illinois corruption scandal has complicated what was already shaping up to be an uncommonly dramatic start for the United States Senate. Senate Democrats — who have been rejoicing that four members of their caucus were departing for the new administration — are left to deal with the mess of the successions of President-elect Barack Obama, Vice-President-elect Joseph Biden, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Interior Secretary-designate

Ken Salazar. The most high-profile scenario involves what Democrats will do whether Roland Burris, the choice of scandal-plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich (Ill.), shows up Tuesday to try to take the oath of office for Obama’s seat. But let’s first consider the oddity surrounding Biden. Not only did Biden win the vice presidency on Nov. 4, he additionally was elected by the voters of Delaware to his seventh six-year

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