• Harry Reid

    Video: GOP AD Targets Harry Reid in Nevada

    Latest Ad from the National Republican Senatorial Committee

    The GOP remembers how it booted then Democrat Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle a few years ago (2004) and apparently are going right after current Democrat Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid of Nevada.

    The text of the ad:

    Super-spending partisan, Harry Reid.

    As Democrat Leader, he helped pay for vicious attack ads criticizing last year’s bailout.

    But guess who voted for the $700 billion bailout.

    You guessed it — Harry Reid.

    And now he wants a trillion more dollars in new spending? A trillion dollars??

    Tell Harry Reid to stop wasting our hard earned money.

    The National Republican Senatorial Committee is responsible for the content of this ad.

    This ad will begin running today in the Reno television market and on Nevada web sites.


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  • Harry Reid,  Rod Blagojevich,  Roland Burris

    Roland Burris FINALLY Certified and Will Assume Obama’s Senate Seat

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     Roland Burris to be sworn in on Thursday

    Roland Burris jan 7 2009

    Roland Burris, D-Illinois will replace President-Elect Barack Obama in the United States Senate, January 7, 2009

    According to Fox News, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Democrat Senate Caucus have agreed to seat Roland Burris as Barack Obama’s replacement in the United States Senate.

    Apparently, the Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White who previously refused to sign the certification of Burris’ appointment has indeed signed a second piece of paper essentially doing the same thing. Harry Reid, et. al. have agreed to accept this along with a letter from Governor Hot Rod Blagojevich appointing Burris.

    Roland Burris who is currently in Cihicago will soon leave for Washington to assume his duties as a United States Senator from Illinois.

    Did Harry Reid REALLY have any other option?

    Chalk up a victory for Hot Rod as Harry Reid licks his political wounds.

    Now, the Illinois GOP should begin immediately to recruit an excellent candidate to run against Burris in 2010.

    Update:

    Ambinder has the joint Reid-Durbin statement regarding Roland Burris with hysterical annotations.

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    When Will Harry Reid Capitulate and Seat Roland Burris In Obama’s Senate Seat? How About Tomorrow?


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  • Dick Durbin,  Harry Reid,  Roland Burris

    When Will Harry Reid Capitulate and Seat Roland Burris In Obama’s Senate Seat? How About Tomorrow?

    Roland Burris Testifies January 8 2009

    U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris, left, speaks as his attorney Timothy Wright III listens during the Illinois House Impeachment Committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, in Springfield, Ill.

    Answer: Sooner than later and tomorrow works.

    Does Democrat Senate Majority Leader really want a lawsuit and a confrontation in the United States Supreme Court over this matter?

    Roland Burris may return to Washington next week to demand that he be accepted as the legitimate Senate appointee to replace President-elect Barack Obama and be sworn into office, according to a Burris adviser.

    If Burris’ appointment is not accepted, he will file a lawsuit challenging Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Democratic leadership’s refusal to seat him, the adviser said.

    “Unlike last time, there’s now a sense that we’ve been forced into a corner and must be more direct with Senate leaders,” the adviser said. “They’re breaking the law and act as if they have the upper-hand and can dictate terms for an entire state. There is nothing left to negotiate, they must seat the legally appointed senator.”

    Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have refused to seat Burris, arguing that his appointment by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was not certified by the Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White.

    But on Friday night, White submitted a document to the Senate certifying Burris’ appointment. White’s action followed an earlier decision by the Illinois Supreme Court, which ruled that Blagojevich’s approval alone was all that was needed for Burris to take the seat.

    Reid’s office said that the Democratic leadership was consulting with its own legal team and made no decision yet on its response to this latest development.

    Harry Reid and his second in command Illinois Senator Dick Durbin have until Sunday PM to cut a deal with Burris.

    Otherwise, why would Burris wait?

    Stay tuned……


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  • Harry Reid,  Rod Blagojevich,  Roland Burris

    The Roland Burris Drama Continues: Burris NOT Accepted Yet

    Roland Burris and Harry Reid

    Illinois U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris, left, smiles as he meets with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington

    Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid clings to the notion that Roland Burris will NOT be accepted until the Illinois Secretary of State signs off on the appointment.

    The Illinois Supreme Court ruling on the matter is imminent and the Senate Democrats continue to look like Ass-hats. California Senator Dianne Feinstein has insisted that the signature of Jesse White (Illinois Secretary of State) is not required to seat Burris.

    But, Reid insists that this block of Burris is NOT racial.

    Obviously, a DEAL has not been cut with Roland Burris.

    Stay tuned – Roland Burris will hold a news conference in a couple of hours.


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  • Barack Obama,  Harry Reid,  Rod Blagojevich,  Roland Burris

    Harry Reid Capitulates: Roland Burris to Be Seated in U.S. Senate?; Updated: Harry Reid’s Office – “NO White Smoke Today”

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    Harry Reid’s aides are “walking back the story” and according to Fox News say “There will be NO white smoke today.”

    So, NO Deal yet?

    Roland Burris and Harry Reid

    Illinois U.S. Senate Appointee Roland Burris, left, smiles as he meets with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington

    Roland Burris had the Senate Democrats and Harry Reid by “the short hairs” anyway and now assumes a rightfully appointed seat to replace Barack Obama in the United States Senate.

    Senate Democrats plan to accept Roland Burris for President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant seat.

    Burris was scheduled to meet Wednesday with the Senate’s top two Democrats — Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and assistant leader Dick Durbin of Illinois — on Wednesday, a day after his paperwork was rejected at the opening of the 111th Congress.

    Senate officials in both parties, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly for Senate members, said there is a growing expectation on Capitol Hill that the saga will end with Burris being seated.

    So, what was the “DEAL?”

    Time will tell……..


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  • Barack Obama,  Harry Reid

    Harry Reid to Barack Obama: You Are NOT the Boss of Me

    Harry Reid January 5 2009

    Senate Majority leader Harry Reid pauses during a news conference following a meeting with President-elect Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009

    Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to President-Elect Barack Obama – “I don’t work for you, sucker.”

    Democrats must be “very, very careful” to avoid overreaching and will not rubber-stamp President-elect Obama’s policies, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday.

    In an interview with The Hill, Reid said it is essential for Obama and congressional Democrats to work closely with Republicans in the new Congress. He added that 2009 is very different from 1993, the last time Democrats controlled both Congress and the White House.

    Back then, Reid said, Democrats had controlled the House for decades and behaved as though the opposition did not exist. This time around, their recent stint in the minority would give them a commitment to bipartisanship.

    “Even though we’re one short of 60 [senators in the Democratic Conference], I don’t want to ever have to depend on cloture,” Reid said. “We may have to do that, but it will be with the support of a few Republicans.”

    Reid, who lambasted the GOP-led Congress for being a rubber stamp for President Bush, indicated that he will not bow to the Obama administration.

    Reid stated, “I don’t believe in the executive power trumping everything… I believe in our Constitution, three separate but equal branches of government.”

    “If Obama steps over the bounds, I will tell him. … I do not work for Barack Obama. I work with him,” he said.

    The 69 year old Harry Reid speaks of preserving his own skin because his favorable ratings in incrreasingly conservative Nevada are in the tank. Reid stands for re-election in 2010 and the GOP would love to take him out.

    Barack Obama won Nevada in November but more as a repudiation of President Bush and the Republican Party than love with the President-Elect.


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  • Dianne Feinstein,  Harry Reid,  Rod Blagojevich,  Roland Burris

    California Senator Dianne Feinstein Says Seat Roland Burris

    Dianne Feinstein

    It was reported that Leon Panetta, a former White House chief of staff with no direct intelligence experience, was selected by US President-elect Barack Obama to serve as CIA director. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the incoming chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, seen here in 2007, said she had not been informed about the decision, and indicated she did not approve

    Di Fi may not like Leon Panetta for CIA Director but she can read the political tea leaves and now calls for the U.S. Senate to seat Roland Burris.

    The chairman of the Senate Rules Committee has parted with many of her Democratic colleagues and says that the Senate should seat former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris.

    Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said Tuesday that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, however tainted by corruption charges, has the right to appoint someone to President-elect Barack Obama’s former seat. The Rules Committee decides whether Burris is qualified to serve.

    Feinstein said that blocking Burris would have ramifications for other governors’ appointments.

    Well, Harry Reid has few legal remedies since every MAJOR legal scholar predicts the U.S. Supreme Court would seat Roland Burris anyway.

    So, Harry Reid will say ashucks tomorrow and seat Burris before the political damage spins out of control.

    In the meantime, the Illinois GOP is licking its chops to challenge the 70 year old plus appointed Senator in two years tainted by Hot Rod Blagojevich whose impeachment is just beginning.


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  • Harry Reid,  Rod Blagojevich,  Roland Burris

    Harry Reid Cites BOGUS “Legal Authority” to Bar Roland Burris from Obama’s Senate Seat

    Harry Reid on Meet The Press

    Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D- Nevada on today’s Meet The Press

    Harr Reid may be an “ol’ trial lawyer” but his legal authority is flawed and will be tested in the courts should he have the BALLS to bar Roland Burris from taking his rightfully appointed U.S. Senate seat this week.

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday that “legal authority” exists under the Constitution to bar embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat, but added there is also room to negotiate.

    Under the Constitution, Reid said, “We determine who sits in the Senate. And the House (of Representatives) determines who sits in the House. So there’s clearly legal authority for us to do whatever we want to do. This goes back for generations.”

    There will be a DEAL and the Democrats are working a way to pay off Burris with some sort of gratuity. They are probably hamstrung, howerver, because of Patrick Fitzgerald and his ubiquitous microphones. And, Hot Rod plus his cronies in Chicago would love to work a deal for his own skin.

    The GOP can only hope for Burris to be barred from the Senate floor in a game of chicken with Reid. What a perfect storm for the Republican Party.

    Stay tuned……


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  • Barack Obama,  Harry Reid,  Rod Blagojevich,  Roland Burris

    Shocker: Harry Reid Called Hot Rod Blagojevich to Push Against African-American Appointees for Obama’s Senate Seat

    Reid and Jackson and Duckworth

    Sources say Senate majority leader Harry Reid (left) pushed against Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (center), and suggested Gov. Rod Blagojevich appoint state Veterans Affairs chief Tammy Duckworth (right) to President-elect Obama’s vacant Senate seat.

    Not really a shocker – but Democrat Party politics as usual.

    Congressman and COS to Barack Obama called Illinois Governor Hot Rod Blagojevich with the bosses’ recommendation for his U.S. Senate seat and why not Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

    Days before Gov. Blagojevich was charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat to the highest bidder, top Senate Democrat Harry Reid made it clear who he didn’t want in the post: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Danny Davis or Emil Jones.

    Rather, Reid called Blagojevich to argue he appoint either state Veterans Affairs chief Tammy Duckworth or Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.

    Sources say the Senate majority leader pushed against Jackson and Davis — both democratic congressmen from Illinois — and against Jones — the Illinois Senate president who is the political godfather of President-elect Barack Obama — because he did not believe the three men were electable. He feared losing the seat to a Republican in a future election.

    Blagojevich spokesman Lucio Guerrero confirmed that Reid (D-Nev.) and U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) — the new chief of the Senate Democratic political operation — each called Blagojevich’s campaign office separately Dec. 3. Sources believe that at least portions of the phone conversations are on tape.

    Does anyone NOW think Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats will now have the BALLS to block Roland Burris (also African-American) from taking the Obama seat next Tuesday?

    Flap and the world wants to hear Harry Reid on tape which will undoubtedly be “leaked” when Blago is eventually indicted. Did Harry Reid pan the appointment of Jesse Jackson, Jr., Danny Davis or Emil Jones because of their race? Is this why he suggested they could NOT win the seat in two years?

    And, will Harry Reid be called to testify in Hot Rod’s trial?

    This seat looks like a GOP capture every day.


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