Senator Durbin tells his colleague from Illinois, Roland Burris, to resign

In a meeting a short time ago, Senator Dick Durbin told Roland Burris he should consider resigning. Burris said he won't. Durbin did not sound happy. He told Andrea Mitchell that Burris "did not give a full disclosure" about his contacts with Blagojevich. And, he talked about the criminal investigations underway against Burris. Tough talk from Dick Durbin.

This is a major development. Durbin is from the same state and same party as Burris. Importantly, Durbin is very close to Barack Obama. Remember, it was Obama who basically told the Senate to seat Burris after Reid and Durbin said they wouldn't. That didn't work out so well. Burris has no allies in the Senate. But the worst part is that this is a mess that the Democrats made for themselves.