politico.com - 11/5/2008
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Asked if Tuesday’s election results give his party a mandate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just told Politico: ““This is a mandate to get along, to get something done in a bipartisan way. This is not a mandate for a political party or an ideology.”
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/5/2008
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
A magnificent victory for Barack Obama. And bear
in mind that the campaign, in its final stages,
was really about different philosophies of governing. This wasn't like the 2004 campaign, which was essentially fought over fake issues - Bush running on ...
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Mandate
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com - 11/6/2008
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campaignsilo.firedoglake.com —
Reid and Lieberman won't say what happened in
the meeting. My guess? Reid told him he can
stay in the caucus if he steps down from his committee chairmanship (a campaign we started shortly after the 2006 election, thanks to everyone ...
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Lieberman After Meeting with Reid - Video
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/7/2008
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
Reid is torn over Lieberman. (CNN) — Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid made clear Friday he's not
happy with Joe Lieberman over the onetime Democrat's avid support of John McCain's White House bid, but told CNN the Connecticut independent has ...
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Reid: Lieberman did something 'improper'
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The Obama Moment - America Looks In the Mirror and Celebrates
Open Left - Front Page —
... , and now, even from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D), whose first declaration after seeing his Senate majority increase was, "This is not a mandate for a political party or an ideology." Reid's comments echoed ...
David Sirota: The Obama Moment - America Looks In the Mirror and Celebrates
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... , and now, even from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D), whose first declaration after seeing his Senate majority increase was, "This is not a mandate for a political party or an ideology." Reid's comments echoed ...
Lieberman Will Meet with Reid
Weekly Standard Blog —
... This will be the first test of how Barack Obama and the Democrats plan to run Washington. Both Obama and the congressional leadership have promised bipartisanship and comity. Harry Reid said last night that the election results are 'not a mandate for a political party or an ideology." He'd seem quite the hypocrite if he said that at the same time he was planning to eject Lieberman from the conference. ...
Harry Reid Should No Longer Be Majority Leader
Firedoglake —
Last night, Harry Reid was quoted by the Politico as saying:
Asked if Tuesday’s election results give his party a mandate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just told Politico: “This is a mandate to get along, to get something done in a ...
David Sirota: The Mandate Manipulation Machine Enters Stage Right
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... teeming with stories quoting incoming Obama administration officials, Democratic Party leaders and spokespeople for corporate front groups insisting that actually, no real change can be made, and what small-bore changes can happen, will have to happen in the very distant future, not soon. My favorite was the one-two punch from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean. Upon hearing of his bigger senate majority, Reid said on Tuesday, "This is not a mandate for a political party or an ideology." A day later, Dean told reporters, ...
The Mandate Manipulation Machine Enters Stage Right
Open Left - Front Page —
... teeming with stories quoting incoming Obama administration officials, Democratic Party leaders and spokespeople for corporate front groups insisting that actually, no real change can be made, and what small-bore changes can happen, will have to happen in the very distant future, not soon. My favorite was the one-two punch from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean. Upon hearing of his bigger senate majority, Reid said on Tuesday, "This is not a mandate for a political party or an ideology." A day later, Dean told reporters, ...
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sfgate.com 11/6/2008 — It is "not a mandate for any political party or any ideology," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., "but a mandate to get over those things that divide us and focus on getting things done." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/10/2008 — My colleagues and bosses will, of course, have more official things to say on this subject in the morning, but for now look at the issues tab from the Ohio exit polls , that I’ll take as a stand-in for the as-yet-unavailable national numbers:
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Mandate for What?
talkingpointsmemo.com 10/30/2008 — I want to throw this open for reader discussion, but up front let me say that talk of political mandates is one of those DC parlor games that often doesn't mean very much. We'll probably be referring to the 1990s as the Bill Clinton era for a long ...
No Immigration Mandate
corner.nationalreview.com 11/12/2008 — A new Zogby poll shows only about a third of Obama's voters supported him because of his backing for an amnesty, while two-thirds either voted for him despite his support for amnesty (15%) or it wasn't a factor at all in their decision (51%). ...
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dailykos.com 11/19/2008 — Dean : So if you run and get a mandate for reconciliation is your first act to kick this guy out of the party? The question wasn't kicking Lieberman out of the party. Democrats in Connecticut already did that in 2006. And once again, given this ...
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democrats.senate.gov 11/6/2008 — November 6, 2008 Reid Statement Regarding Meeting With Senator Lieberman Washington , DC Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today following a meeting with Senator Joseph Lieberman: Today Senator Lieberman and I had the ...
Reid trying to pass the buck
dailykos.com 11/13/2008 — Let me be clear: Harry Reid is the Senate leader. As such, he's expected to, you know, lead the Senate . Yet read the tea leaves, and all you see are unnamed Senate aides whining that Reid wants to give the Homeland Security chairmanship to a ...
Mandate
washingtonmonthly.com 11/6/2008 — MANDATE.... Political observers can debate whether Barack Obama's victory this week constitutes a "landslide." Political scientists can debate whether his win marks the beginning of a "realignment." But whether Obama earned a "mandate" need not be ...
Poll On 'The Change Election': A New Mandate
ourfuture.org 11/19/2008 — Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on OurFuture.org. NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any ...
Hard Choices And Challenges Follow Triumph —
Wash Post In Congress 11/5/2008
After a victory of historic significance, Barack Obama will inherit problems of historic proportions. Not since Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated at the depths of the Great Depression in 1933 has a new president been confronted with the challenges ...
Lieberman meeting with Reid this afternoon —
CNN Political Ticker 11/6/2008
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democrat turned independent who backed Republican Sen. John McCain for president, will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to discuss Lieberman’s future with the Democratic ...
Shape of Chamber Hangs in Balance —
Wash Post Elections 11/6/2008
The final shape of the new Senate lingered in doubt yesterday with a runoff likely in Georgia, recounts pending in Minnesota and possibly Oregon, and uncertainty over whether the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history had held on to his ...
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