Burris's Empty Seat Plan

While it remains to be seen if Sen. Roland Burris joins his pal, former governor Rod Blagojevich, as an out-of-work politician, it seems he will be joining Blago in another group: politician-turned-author.

Following in Blago's footsteps, Burris is taking the first steps to getting a memoir published, according to the Sun-Times' super sleuth Michael Sneed. Because Burris obviously has nothing going on and has plenty of time to write a book. Sneed says Burris has retained Lloyd Jassin to help him pitch the book, which Jassin says, "It is temporarily being called The Empty Seat." Jassin added, "I don't know of too many politicians who have written their memoirs under such trying conditions, in the midst of a political maelstrom, with none of the issues finally decided or the outcome really known."

Heaven forbid he should be focused on his job.