balloon-juice.com - 1/7/2009
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I couldn’t sleep, having foolishly had a cup of coffee after dinner, so I was lying in bed flipping between the midnight Hardball re-run and whatever disaster show was on the History channel, when at the end of the hour, Pat Buchanan, Susan Page from USA Today, and Matthews discussed this ...
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
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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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Some Guy With a Website by August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com —
... You know, next time I leave on vacation, I should really just check on Harry Reid when I come back to determine exactly how long I've been gone. ...
Same Old Problems Plauge Hope/Change
The Jawa Report —
January 07, 2009 Same Old Problems Plauge Hope/Change Via Balloon Juice Harry Reid has now, according to this poll, through his obstinance and idiocy, helped create popular support for Burris to not be seated. Since Burris will be seated anyway, these people will be pissed, Reid will look like a clown for being rolled over and put in his place by Blagojevich, and Republicans, with an assist from the Democrats who ran around calling Burris tainted for several weeks, will now claim Democrats are just as corrupt as Republicans. It really is impressive how Reid and company got ...
Senate Dems Blunder On Blago/Burris
TalkLeft —
... Unlike John Cole, I thought the Senate Dems were taking the proper course, as a matter of law and politics, in not seating any appointment to the vacant Senate Illinois seat by Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who has been credibly accused of trying to sell the appointment. But Cole is right about this: ...
1/8: The Trouble With Harry
Blogometer —
... : "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, Tom ." Balloon Juice 's John Cole : "Harry Reid has now, according to ...
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firedoglake.com 1/2/2009 — Harry Reid's back is against the wall.
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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 ...
Burris will likely get seat, after all
boston.com 1/7/2009 — After repeatedly saying they wouldn't accept him and turning him away Tuesday, it now appears that Senate Democrats eventually plan to seat Roland Burris after all. After Burris met privately with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Dick ...
Fiasco Watch: Blagojevich And Burris
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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, ...
Durbin Folding on Burris? Already?
firedoglake.com 1/10/2009 —
Although Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is still refusing to sign Burris's certificate of appointment, he signed a certificate yesterday saying that Blagojevich's original appointment is "true and accurate."
And after all the ...
Senators Turn Burris Away at Capitol —
Wash Post In Congress 1/7/2009
Blocked from claiming a Senate seat, a man who once said his success in politics was the result of "divine intervention" stood outside the Capitol yesterday and declared: "Members of the media, my name is Roland Burris, the junior senator from the ...
First thoughts: No drama Washington? —
First Read 1/7/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** No drama Washington? It appears that all the preparation we in the media have been doing to cover controversy -- be it Burris, the recount in Minnesota, or Panetta -- is beginning to ...
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