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dailykos.com - 1/8/2009
Harry Reid's disastrous few weeks
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Jane gives us the narrative , and it ain't pretty. Harry Reid is hopeless. But this is my favorite line, from Reid: "I don't work for Barack Obama." This from the guy who blamed Obama for his caucus' decision to keep Lieberman as chair of Homeland Security. He was Obama's Employee of the ...

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I Want to Play Poker with Harry Reid
firedoglake.com - 1/7/2009
I Want to Play Poker with Harry Reid
— firedoglake.com — I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a special election in Illinois, Reid sends a letter to Blagojevich signed by everyone in the Democratic caucus asking him to step down. They assert that they will not seat ... (more) I Want to Play Poker with Harry Reid

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redstate.com - 1/9/2009
Mitch McConnell Lost His Testicles and Now Infects the Senate GOP With a Cancer
— redstate.com — Allow me to be blunt: There are some of you who have fallen under McConnell's spell in the same way the lefties have fallen under Obama's spell. McConnell can do no wrong. You all wet your pants when McConnell publicly rebukes Reid and engage in ... (more) Mitch McConnell Lost His Testicles and Now Infects the ...

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politico.com - 1/6/2009
Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve"
— politico.com — January 05, 2009 Categories: Minnesota Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid offered the toughest language he has ever used in arguing that Norm Coleman s career in the Senate is finished. Norm Coleman will never ever ... (more) Reid: Coleman will "never ever serve"

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1/8: The Trouble With Harry
Blogometer — ... ' Kagro X : "The joke's on Harry Reid. Again." Moulitsas : "Reid was outbluffed by Lieberman, then he was outbluffed by McConnell on seating Franken, and now he'll be outbluffed by the guy appointed by the crooked governor. [...] If Republicans were truly smart, they'd give Reid an electoral pass. He's the best thing Republicans have going for them in the entire Congress." ...

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