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And the Senate. A pair of probable Democratic seats stay unfilled. Al Franken, named the winner of the Minnesota election after a recount by a 225 vote margin over incumbent Norm Coleman, will not join the Senate until Coleman's legal appeal is resolved. Roland Burris, named by Gov Rod Blagojevich to the vacant Illinois seat, headed for Capitol Hill even though Senate leadership has nixed anyone the governor might name. CBS' Wyatt Andrews called Burris' trip "an act of defiance that is either principled or quite pointless" while NBC's Kelly O'Donnell detected a mood of "defiant optimism" as Burris "insists his appointment will hold." George Stephanopoulos, anchor of ABC's This Week, saw straws in the wind that Burris shall prevail--if he promises not to run for election in 2010 and if Blagojevich's lieutenant governor backs Burris too.
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