huffingtonpost.com - 1/7/2009
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Barack Obama will soon be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. He's deep into his transition and moving with dispatch to be ready to work immediately upon taking office. Given all that is on his plate - Israel/Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan, economic crisis, plunging real estate ...
firedoglake.com - 1/7/2009
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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 ...
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I Want to Play Poker with Harry Reid
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chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/7/2009
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chicagobreakingnews.com —
WASHINGTON -- A day after the U.S. Senate
barred Roland Burris from being seated, Majority Leader Harry...
Reid left the door open to his admittance. After a 45-minute meeting this morning between Burris, Reid and his lieutenant, Sen.Dick Durbin, Reid ...
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Senate leader leaves door ajar for Burris
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Is Reid Primed for a Meltdown?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... or Hugo Chavez to talk earnestly about protecting the country from their political opponents, but the Majority Leader of the United States Senate? And it's not clear why Reid is so full of himself. Of course the right despises him, mostly for his defeatism in Iraq, for having declared the war lost on the floor of the Senate while U.S. troops were in the midst of turning things around. But the left despises him too. Check out the front page of the Huffington Post. They're actually calling for his replacement as majority leader and ...
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Harry Reid’s Doing the Right Thing
firedoglake.com 1/2/2009 — I've had my problems with Reid over the years, but he's not in the wrong on Blagojevich and Burris. This is not a racial issue. Long before Burris, a black man, was appointed by a corrupt governor, Reid said he wouldn't allow anyone, anyone, ...
Harry Reid: 'I Don't Work For Obama'
huffingtonpost.com 1/19/2009 — In an interview with The Hill , Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would not roll over for the new president the way Republicans did for Bush.
Reid stated, "I don't believe in the executive power trumping everything... I believe in our ...
End game
washingtonmonthly.com 1/8/2009 — END GAME.... After this morning's developments, we can probably guess how the Roland Burris mess is going to turn out. Democratic leaders are not going to seat Roland Burris immediately, but are waiting for the outcome of pending court cases...
Reid, Punk’d By Blago Over Burris, Rejects The Rule Of Law
firedoglake.com 1/2/2009 — Harry Reid's back is against the wall.
He thinks that if he doesn't oppose Rod Blagojevich's appointment of Roland Burris to fill Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, John Cornyn and the Republicans will make the Democrats wear Blago around their ...
Reid's blocking of Burris not about race, Reid declares
latimesblogs.latimes.com 1/8/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says it is totally ridiculous for "a lot of people" to suggest that his leadership of the barring of African American Roland Burris from the U.S. Senate and his reported pre-arrest recommendation to ...
The Ugly Legal Optics of Harry Reid’s Burris Battle
emptywheel.firedoglake.com 1/2/2009 —
h/t MCCS1977
Earlier this morning, Jane wrote a fantastic post, "Burris and Blago: What Happens Now?" , that lays out most all of the concerns with the obstreperous position taken by Harry Reid and the Democratic leadership. I would ...
Jane Hamsher: I Want To Play Poker With Harry Reid
huffingtonpost.com 1/7/2009 — I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a special election in Illinois to fill Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, Reid sends a letter to Rod Blagojevich signed by everyone in the Democratic caucus asking him to step ...
Reid Is Backing Down As Fast As He Can
reason.com 1/7/2009 — The Washington Post and The Boston Globe are both reporting that the Senate's Democratic leaders, after insisting that no one appointed by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich would be allowed to replace Barack Obama, are getting ready to ...
Source: Obama and Reid spoke about Burris —
CNN Political Ticker 1/7/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A Senate Democratic leadership aide tells CNN that President-elect Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke about the Roland Burris situation Monday. "They agreed on the need for an amicable
resolution to this ...
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