Could Obama Senate seat go Republican?

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review speculates that Illinois Republicans have a golden opportunity to pick up the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama.

His replacement, Roland Burris, reportedly lied about his ties to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

From the editorial:

When Mr. Burris was named, he told an Illinois House impeachment committee considering Blago's demise that he never had spoken to the governor's brother or other aides about the seat. But a Burris affidavit released over the weekend shows he did just that.

Legislative Republicans are calling for a perjury investigation. And they should get it. But even if they don't -- and even if Burris should somehow survive -- this sets up Republicans just fine and dandy to challenge the Chicago-style of politics that always seems to treat truth as a piddling thing.

It's clear the only way to break the cycle of corruption is to elect a Republican to the Senate in 2010.

Read the full editorial at the newspaper's Web site.