>>Correction: Obama's senate seat is vacant *now*. He has already resigned.
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>Probably so the seat would get filled quickly and give the new Junior Senator from Illinois a little extra seniority. Doesn't look like that'll happen at this point.
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>Tamar
Actually, the account I read attributed it to allowing him to focus on the transition, unencumbered by Senate duties.
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