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Eschaton: Playing Poker With Harry Reid
Rising Hegemon: For those of you scoring at home...
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protein wisdom: Jane Hamsher Invites Hairy Reed [Dan Collins]
Playing Poker With Harry Reid
Eschaton —
As Jane predicted, AP/NPR are reporting that Burris is going to be seated after all. Good thing we had all that Politico-loving "drama" for, you know, no reason at all. ...
For those of you scoring at home...
Rising Hegemon —
Or even if you are alone -- waiting for some sign after several years in leadership that Harry Reid has mastered the art of political manipulation -- Your vigil has not ended! Jane Hamsher is right, playing poker with this guy must be very profitable -- good thing he's from Nevada.
Bungling The Burris -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser
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Harry Reid Seems To Be Bungling The Burris Situation
Who is best describing this huge problem?
If you ask me, for damn sure
It's that savvy blogger over at firedoglake;
That would be Jane Hamsher. .
Her basic point is so convincing; shouldn't
Senator Reid be a bit
Less angry with Burris & much more at that
Traitor from Connecticut?
Roland Burris Update
In this chess game, he thinks he's the King
Full of might and brawn
The Lord didn't call him, Blago did, which
That would be Makes ...
I Endorse Everything Said At This Link
Balloon Juice —
I am laughing after reading this. What else can you do?
Jane Hamsher Invites Hairy Reed [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom —
Jane Hamsher Invites Hairy Reed [Dan Collins] to poker . Posted by Dan Collins @ 12:19 pm | Trackback
JANE HAMSHER: I want to play poker with Harry Reid. …
Instapundit —
JANE HAMSHER: I want to play poker with Harry Reid.
Instahoglets Wednesday
Newshoggers.com —
... By Cernig
Some humpday linky goodness.
- I want to play poker with Harry Reid. And our researcher Kat writes: "Wtf's wrong with these people? Never mind -- I don't care what's wrong with them. The right questions are, why the f**k are they doing this, and why the f**k are they still in control of Congress?"
- The head of MI5 warns on the national security implications of global recession, saying it could be a "watershed moment" which will shift the balance of power away from the West. (h/t ...
Harry Reid Losing Control?
GayPatriot —
... to a post there which pretty much reflected my views on how the corrupt Democratic Governor of Illinois rolled his party’s leader in the US Senate. ...
Let's not laugh along with Jane Hamsher over Harry Reid's problems.
Althouse —
... So let's look at Jane's post — "I want to play poker with Harry Reid" — and see if it's true that lefties and righties can come together and laugh about Reid's pathetically played politics. ...
Those Unresolved Senate Seats
DownWithTyranny! —
... Of course, the most dysfunctional situation of all is in Illinois, where a corrupt Gov. Blagojevich tried selling the seat and-- after being arrested-- suddenly decided to make a really good appointment. Jane Hamsher, in explaining why she'd love to play poker with Harry Reid, explains how Reid has shown anyone who's still wondering why he's just not the right person to serve as Senate Majority Leader. It now looks like Reid is backing away from his embarrassing position against seating Roland Burris. At least he knows ...
POLITICS: Harry Reid Can't Spot The Sucker
Baseball Crank —
... (and the people Glenn links to), I find myself astounded to be in complete agreement with this post by the usually loathesome Jane Hamsher. If Harry Reid says something's not going to happen, that's usually a sign that it is just around the corner. ...
Harry Reid's disastrous few weeks
Daily Kos —
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 Month back then. So 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. Meanwhile, while he rants ...
Proud to be a Democrat
The Reaction —
... doesn't help. In case you missed it, check out Jane Hamsher's great post from yesterday on Reid's various fumbles on Blago-Burris.) ...
1/8: The Trouble With Harry
Blogometer —
... 's Steve Benen : "I think it's fair to say Reid's handling of this has been, for lack of a better word, clumsy ." Hamsher : "A seventy-one year old dude who hasn't held office for 14 years, appointed by a crook, takes the Senate Majority Leader to the cleaners. Reid is a red state senator, up for re-election in 2010 and under pressure from the right, who is already making noise about appeasing Republicans who aren't going to be appeased. He's a hazard to Obama's agenda, which is why leading Senate Democrats tried to ease him out as Majority Leader last year. See: Daschle, ...
All In! All In! Fold on the flop! Fold on the flop!
Balloon Juice —
Keeping in mind Jane’s Poker With Harry Reid post and the slap in the face theme, the Illinois Supreme Court refuses to do Harry Reid’s dirty work (via) and just slapped the Senate Dems in the face:
The Senate Democrats appear to be readying themselves to back off their refusal to seat Roland Burris, but they’re going to have to find a new excuse: The Illinois Supreme Court just refused to force the Secretary of State to certify Burris’s appointment.
Unless I am gaming this wrong, Senate ...
