January 5, 2009
Burris at church rally: 'I am now the junior senator'
by Lisa Donovan and Maureen O'Donnell
Chicago Sun-Times
Roland Burris was confident but conceded Sunday that conflicts lie ahead as the choice of embattled Gov. Blagojevich to fill the U.S. Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama.
"I am now the junior senator from the state of Illinois," he said from the pulpit of a South Side church on what he said was the eve of his trip to Washington.
Burris and his backers described his future in religious terms, saying his move to the U.S. Senate is preordained.
"Friends, we're going to have to have some powerful prayer. . . . They can't deny what the Lord has ordained,'' said Burris at New Covenant Baptist Church, 740 E. 77th, surrounded by ministers, politicians and activists.
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