DURBIN STATEMENT ON OBAMA'S RESIGNATION FROM THE US SENATE
[WASHINGTON, DC] - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today issued the following statement after President-elect Barack Obama announced his decision to resign his Senate seat this weekend.
"No Senator in our history has made such an impact on America in so short a time.
It has been an honor to call Barack Obama my Senate colleague and work closely with him for our state and nation.
Though he will no longer be by my side in the Senate, I will be by his side as he leads our nation forward."
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Lynn Sweet is a columnist and the Washington Bureau Chief for the 
AMEN, TO DICK DURBIN THE MAN WHO FIRST HAD THE
VISION THAT PRESIDENT ELECT OBAMA WOULD MAKE A
GREAT PRESIDENT!
SENATOR DURBIN IS THE PERSON WHO TOLD BARACK OBAMA
YOU SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT, YOU CAN WIN, AND
NOW HIS VISION HAS BECOME A REALITY!
HEY SENATOR DURBIN DO YOU THINK YOU CAN PICK THE
LOTTERY NUMBERS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT?
JUST ASKING?
OH BY THE WAY CONGRATS ON YOUR VICTORY LAST WEEK
AS WELL!
THE SENIOR SENATOR OF ILLINOIS AND A MAN WITH
GREAT VISIONARY SKILLS!