Those, according to Lynn Sweet, are the messages Roland Burris will be sending Dick Durbin when they meet this afternoon.

Scoop: Burris will also be sending, directly or indirectly (maybe this is it) two messages: he will not resign in the wake of the controversy surrounding his appointment by the ousted Gov. Blagojevich and he will not run for the seat in 2010. Burris has finally realized that not seeking election next year is the least price he will pay.

Here is the state of play regarding Burris, from the Burris perspective.

*Senate Democratic leadership is going to realize Burris is not going away soon.

*The Senate Ethics panel moves slowly.

*The Sangamon Co. (Ill.) inquiry about Burris' will take some time.

*The Senate Democrats need Burris for his vote, especially with the Minnesota seat still up in the air.

*So they all have to make this work somehow.

Makes sense for a guy with an almost admirable lack of shame. Governor Pat Quinn, who has announced he will run in 2010, continues to call for Burris's resignation.

As for Burris, Quinn said, "There are other missions in life for Roland Burris to be a public servant" other than in the Senate and suggested that he "find a civic cause."

One person whose silence on the matter has been deafening is Mayor Richard Daley. One suspects that if he had spoken out against Burris over the past 2 weeks, that there would not be a Senator Burris right now. Seriously, Mayor, what's a guy gotta do?