tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/7/2009
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Former senator Ted Stevens (yes, now actually former) is keeping up the fight against his guilty verdict -- and now Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid has lent him a hand.
Reid told Politico that he believes Stevens shouldn't serve jail time.
My personal feeling, you guys, I don't know what ...
firedoglake.com - 1/7/2009
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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 ...
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I Want to Play Poker with Harry Reid
theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009
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theatlantic.com —
Image credit: Ken Cedeno/Corbis B uzzzzzz . The
cell phone rings again and Chuck Schumer flips it
open. “I figured it out,” he says without preamble. “George Washington. If George Washington got indicted, you wouldn’t pounce on the guy—you’d say he ...
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Political Animal —
... as the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. * Harry Reid's support for Ted Stevens is very odd. * Mitch McConnell keeps using the phrase " ...
Harry Reid's disastrous few weeks
Daily Kos —
... 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 about one crook, he coddles another. My personal feeling, you guys, I don't know what good ...
Proud to be a Democrat
The Reaction —
... , but the whole sordid episode has made Reid look bad. Not at bad as Blago, to be sure, but Reid clearly isn't what the Dems need in a leader. His recent support for Ted Stevens doesn't help. In case you missed it, check out Jane Hamsher's ...
Obama Getting Serious About Financial Re-Regulation
The Hollywood Liberal —
Obama Getting Serious About Financial Re-Regulation We’ve heard talk from various quarters in recent weeks about the pressing need to re-regulate the financial markets, in response to the SEC’s failure in the Bernard Madoff case, and to the broader financial crisis. And in his interview yesterday… [image] [image] Reid: Free Ted Stevens! Former senator Ted Stevens (yes, now actually former) is keeping up the fight against his guilty verdict — and now Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid has lent him a hand. Reid told Politico that he believes Stevens shouldn’t serve jail… [image] [image] Madoff Had Signed Checks To Employees In Desk At Time Of ...
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