Roland Burris, the Blago-appointed senator from Illinois, was denied entry to the Senate floor (via CNN).  Vowing legal action, Burris "averted a showdown at the door to the Senate Chambers," according to The Swamp. Michelle Malkin has "schadenfreude overload." American Prospect says if the GOP tried to bar the only African-American senator from the floor, they would instantly be compared to "George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door." Lynn Sweet says that Burris has a better chance if he pledges a "caretaker role" for Obama's vacated seat. Figuring one senate shenanigan at a time was enough, Majority Leader Harry Reid has put off plans to seat Al Franken from Minnesota, despite his assurances that Norm Coleman will "never serve in the Senate [again]" (via DailyKos). Red State, in an offering of snark, assembled a music video of Harry Reid, "Clumsy" to the tune of Willie Nelson's "Crazy."