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politico.com - 1/7/2009
Reid: Give Stevens a Get-of-Jail Card
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Blog: Leader offers solace to deposed, convicted colleague.
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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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/5/2009
Reid To Coleman: It's Over. Concede.
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — In a statement given to Election Central, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has called upon Norm Coleman... to concede defeat in the Minnesota Senate race. Reid also reminded Coleman of his own calls early on in this process for Franken to concede and ... (more) Reid To Coleman: It's Over. Concede.

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chicagotribune.com - 1/8/2009
Obama serves Reid taste of Chicago Way -
— chicagotribune.com — Roland "Tombstone" Burris, the amiable Illinois Democratic political hack who is being called eminently qualified by the... national Democrats—perhaps because he's from Illinois and he hasn't been indicted—has almost reached his goal of being addressed ... (more) Obama serves Reid taste of Chicago Way -

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Reid: Free Ted Stevens!
TPMMuckraker — 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 good that [would do]... He was a real war hero too, you know. He's been punished enough. Reid said he thinks Stevens was simply behind the curve of modern ethics standards in not disclosing the $250,000 in gifts he received from VECO ...

Harry Reid: Free Ted Stevens! And Other Political Disasters
Firedoglake — Harry Reid says he doesn't work for Barack Obama, but he will go to the mat for Ted Stevens: The Majority Leader thinks former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens shouldn't face jail time for his seven-count federal conviction last ...

Those Unresolved Senate Seats
DownWithTyranny! — ... , 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 where he stands on convicted felon Ted Stevens. ...

1/8: The Trouble With Harry
Blogometer — ... : "It's not like it wasn't patently obvious from the moment Blago announced the appointment that fighting it would be a complete waste of time and not useful in any way to the furtherance of the agenda or the needs of the American people. And it's not like it wasn't obvious from the beginning that the Democrats were running around like shrieking five year olds on the playground with absolutely no idea what they were doing. Now, we've got Reid on record saying that [AK Sen.] Ted Stevens shouldn't go to jail, which is very collegial, I'm sure, but doesn't look very consistent ...

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Reid: Free Ted Stevens!
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/7/2009 — 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 ...
Reid Says Stevens Cannot Serve
rollcall.com 11/2/2008 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was forced into the middle of Sen. Ted Stevens' (R-Alaska) re-election bid late Saturday night after a senior Senate Democrat endorsed Stevens and called on voters to disregard his seven-count felony conviction.
Reid: Stevens "not going to survive"
politico.com 11/9/2008 — Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) believes his colleagues will expel Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens from the Senate following his felony conviction — and subsequent re-election. "He’s been convicted of seven felonies," ...
Reid: No convicted felons will serve in Senate
politico.com 11/2/2008 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has issued his strongest statement to date about Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, saying that a "convicted felon" has no place in the Senate. Shortly before midnight Saturday, Reid said that "the reality is ...
Murkowski requests pardon for Stevens
adn.com 1/19/2009 — With less than 48 hours left of the Bush presidency, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's spokesman said Sunday that Murkowski had asked the White House to pardon the former senior senator of Alaska, Ted Stevens.
Happy Birthday, Ted Stevens. You lose.
latimesblogs.latimes.com 11/18/2008 — Alaska's long-serving Republican senator, Ted Stevens , turned 85 today. He also lost an election recount against his Democratic opponent, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich . Which means Stevens does not get a seventh term. And it means one more ...
Reid Looking for GOP Votes
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 2/13/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is looking for additional votes out of an abundance of caution. WASHINGTON (CNN) – One day after securing an agreement on a giant economic stimulus bill that is expected to pass narrowly with the votes of ...
Don't Count On The Senate to Throw Out Alaska's Ted Stevens
alternet.org 12/28/2008 — Letting the felonious Republican senator languish is another path to a filibuster-proof Democratic majority in the first 100 days.
Stevens Lobbyist Bailout Needed
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/23/2008 — It makes sense when you think about it, but apparently Ted Stevens’ existence in the US Senate was supporting a pretty vast network of staffers-turned-lobbyists and a whole cottage industry for whom ties to Stevens were bread and butter. Now ...
Reid: ‘I don’t work for Obama’
thehill.com 1/7/2009 — Reid, entering his second term as majority leader, is faced with high expectations over the next two years. And, as he is working to move a slew of bills to Obama’s desk, Reid will be raising millions of dollars for what he expects to be a challenging ...
Democrats to seat Burris? (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/7/2009
Politico - Democratic aides are disputing reports that there is a deal to seat Roland Burris, even as Burris sits behind closed doors negotiating with Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin.
Martin: Deal with it -- Burris is a senator — CNN.com - Politics 1/7/2009
It is total hypocrisy for the naysayers of embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to assert that he didn't have the legal right to appoint Roland Burris to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
Dem source: Blagojevich 'called our bluff' with Burris — CNN Political Ticker 1/7/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Senate Democrats have no choice but to change their tone because Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich “called our bluff” in appointing someone over their objections, a senior Democratic congressional source conceded Wednesday. “We ...
Reid to Senate: Get ready to work weekends, be grateful you have a job — CNN Political Ticker 1/7/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned senators to cancel their travel plans this weekend because he has scheduled a vote Sunday morning on a long-stalled lands bill. Beyond that, Reid said because “everything that should ...
Senate Appointee Makes Inroads — Wash Post In Congress 1/8/2009
Roland W. Burris, an also-ran for most of his career in Illinois politics, is on the verge of winning a showdown in Washington that has pitted him against the leaders of the U.S. Senate and the president-elect.