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Sen. Reid Weighs In

by BooMan
Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 11:06:09 AM EST

Here's a fascinating tidbit from the Las Vegas Review Journal.

While Democrats across the country are anguished about the bitter fight for their presidential nomination, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doesn't appear to be losing any sleep over it.
Asked about it last week, Reid said he remains convinced the nominee will be decided well before the August national convention. He wore a serene and mysterious smile.
But Reid isn't one for lengthy explanations. The conversation went like this:
Question: Do you still think the Democratic race can be resolved before the convention?
Reid: Easy.
Q: How is that?
Reid: It will be done.
Q: It just will?
Reid: Yep.
Q: Magically?
Reid: No, it will be done. I had a conversation with Governor Dean (Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean) today. Things are being done.
That's all the Nevada Democrat would say about it.

[Hat tip to Hope08]

I'd like to see a little more evidence that something is being done, but it's encouraging to see Sen. Reid join Speaker Pelosi and Governor Richardson in suggesting we wrap this slugfest up.

Sen. Reid Weighs In | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Sen. Reid Weighs In (4.00 / 3)

So the Clintons have successfully held the party hostage and are dealing to end it.

I wonder what buy out they'll receive in exchange for 'only' beating the party up to the point that McCain has drawn ahead, instead of totally destroying it?

Golden Shithead Awards? UN Ambassadorships? Committee Chair? VP? Supreme Court for BOTH?

Viva Presidente Ezequiel - Aquí no hay quien viva!

by anarchronarchist (mincers (-at-) hotmail (-dot-) com) on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 11:19:29 AM EST

Re: Sen. Reid Weighs In (4.00 / 4)

Reid's son is a Hillary promoter...so Reid's smile doesn't give me any comfort. Pelosi's thumb is on the scale weighing in Obama's favor. I can only hope Howard Dean's pinky is with Pelosi's thumb since his state went Obama.

Just saying, since it's likely the MI and FL delegates being seated and or resolution of their vote will go to the rules committee; - from what I've read, the committee is dominated by persons from Clinton's Administration.

Distressing.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 11:21:05 AM EST

Re: Sen. Reid Weighs In (4.00 / 2)

Given how many times Reid has screwed us all, I take no comfort in this either. Remember the FISA gfight, and his non-honoring of Dodd's hold? His allowing the immunity bill to come to the floor? The Gang of Fourteen and Alito? Shall I go on?

by CabinGirl on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 11:24:54 AM EST
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Re: Sen. Reid Weighs In (none / 0)

And I've picked up on this via Ben Smith on the idea of a plan being floated for a super-delegate mini-convention

Plan for superdelegate 'mini-convention' seeks to end Democrats' internal warfare

Democrats, looking for a way out, are pondering a new idea: an unprecedented "mini-convention" to bring their punishing presidential season to an early close.
The proposal surfaced during another week of pushing and shoving between the Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaigns, and a growing concern that the party may be hurting itself beyond repair.
Without some resolution, they fret, Republican John McCain will win the presidency.
"If we continue down the path we are on, we might as well hand the keys of the White House to John McCain," said U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Kansas City.
The mini-convention would bring together nearly 800 superdelegates after the last primaries are held on June 3 in South Dakota and Montana.
Given the current math, superdelegates -- party officials and elected leaders -- will decide the nomination, one way or another.
"There would be a final opportunity for the candidates to make their arguments to these delegates, and then one transparent vote," Tennessee Gov. Philip Bredesen suggested in The New York Times.
Superdelegates, both pledged and unpledged, reacted cautiously to the idea. But they all agreed that something needed to be done to bridge the growing gap between Clinton and Obama supporters.
"We've got to stop the bickering that's going on," said Leila Medley of Jefferson City, an uncommitted superdelegate. "There's no doubt about that."
"While you trade barbs, McCain is uniting the Republican Party," U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon wrote both campaigns in mid-March. "In the next six weeks, McCain can sit back, amass his war chest, concentrate his base and delight as you deconstruct each other."

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 12:08:20 PM EST
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Re: Sen. Reid Weighs In (none / 0)

Yes, Reid's son Rory Reid was actually chairman of Hillary's campaign in Nevada.
http://politics.lasvegassun.com/2007/02/marriage_of_con.html

On the other hand, as the link points out, this put Reid in an awkward position, so he had to be very diplomatic.

I don't trust Reid any further than I can throw him, but it's not clear to me what to make of his hint ...

by priscianus jr on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 12:38:17 PM EST
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"encouraging" (4.00 / 3)

As Cabin Girl and others point out, this isn't necessarily encouraging.

reid hasn't been a progressive's ally, and I see no reason why he wouldn't be workign behind the scenes in support of clintoon.

Brendan Calling John Mccain

by brendan on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 11:28:08 AM EST

Re: "encouraging" (none / 0)

On the other hand, if they simply end the process and declare Clinton the winner, they'll have lost the election in November. That might be fine for Clinton (she's almost certainly made a deal with McCain for advantageous treatment in exchange for tearing down Obama), but the Democrats stand to lose a lot of Senate seats without Obama on the ticket. So what we're really asking here is not whether Reid's an ally to progressives, but how stupid he is. Is he smart enough to realize where his self-interest lies or is he, like most Clinton supporters, blinded by personal loyalty and dreams of the "good old days", when Bill was doing his best to hand the Republicans as much power as he could?

Kill because somebody was killed. Get killed because he killed. Do you think peace will ever come like that?

by Egarwaen on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 11:39:15 AM EST
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Re: "encouraging" (none / 0)

The only encouraging thing about Reid at this point is that he wants to continue to be Majority Leader.

If he wants to continue being ML, then he must be encouraged to act in his own self-interest.

Can't hear ya, Peach!

by AP on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 01:18:19 PM EST
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Re: "encouraging" (none / 0)

It is one thing to be a Clinton supporter, and quite another to insist that the party give her the nomination given her current standing. I know a lot of the hard-core inner circle are living in the alternate universe where such a thing is possible, but I would venture a guess that most folks out there aren't.

by ericy on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 11:53:29 AM EST
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Re: "encouraging" (none / 0)

could be election fatique.

Sullivan leads us here:

You Know It's bad for Clinton...when even Taylor Marsh says she blew it.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 12:13:53 PM EST
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Wow. (none / 0)

I'm sure the folks at no quarter are still hanging tough though... ;)

by CabinGirl on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 12:19:18 PM EST
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Re: Wow. (none / 0)

The Hill reports the Clinton camp is in lockdown mode over the Bosnia flap

has to be embarrassing.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 01:44:44 PM EST
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Re: Wow. (none / 0)

it's rather telling that hillary has developed, what can be kindly called, an honesty gap. from a recent gallop poll:

click to enlarge

and bs like this certainly don't help:

Clinton Says Account of Bosnia Sniper Fire Was `Misstatement'
March 25 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her staff said she misspoke when describing sniper fire during a March 1996 trip to Bosnia as first lady.
Clinton told editors and reporters at the Philadelphia Daily News yesterday that her aircraft had to ``land a certain way'' and the group had to move quickly because of the threat of sniper fire. During a speech last week in Washington, she said, ``I remember landing under sniper fire.''
What happened on that day has become an issue because the campaign of rival Barack Obama used disputing versions of the event to question whether Clinton is exaggerating her experience. Clinton told the Daily News she was remembering the threat and didn't mean to say there actual sniper fire.
``What I was told was that we had to land a certain way and move quickly because of the threat of sniper fire,'' Clinton said, according to a transcript on the newspaper's Web site. ``So I misspoke -- I didn't say that in my book or other times, but if I said something that made it seem as though there was actual fire -- that's not what I was told.''
When a reporter pushed her on the issue, she called the issue a ``minor blip,'' according to the Daily News. ``I say a lot of things -- millions of words a day -- so if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement.'...

after 7+ years of lies and more lies from BushCo™; a lackluster...another kindness... preformance by the demoRAT's in congress since the midterms, discounting the house's recently discovered vestige of a spine re: FISA...l think people in general, and voters in specific, are not predisposed to take any more of it...regardess the source.

lTMF'sA...the revolution will not be televised...Peace

by dada on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 02:35:04 PM EST
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OT..the vetting continues (none / 1)

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_jerry_ze_080325_1974_3a_hillary_lost_j.htm

Hillary wanted to block Nixon impeachment!

Oh that Goldwater girl she is sumthin!

by gaiilonfong on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 12:18:46 PM EST

WOW!!! (none / 0)

Well, all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, and at least he is speaking up now.

It appears that she could have given Cheney lessons in non-transparency with the way she moved those files out of public view.

:ptui:

We might also see some of how she forged her aspirations of dynasty with the Kennedy association.

by hauksdottir on Wed Mar 26th, 2008 at 07:38:57 AM EST
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Re: Sen. Reid Weighs In...so what? (none / 0)

The Senator is a major part of the problem! The man has squandered just about any goodwill I was willing to extend to him.

by Cabaret Voltaire on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 12:58:30 PM EST

The fix is ALWAYS in. (none / 1)

Watch.

I don't care who wins...Obama, Clinton or maybe Gore. (Hear that distant rumbling? It's the giant Senator's ego and belly beginning to make waves.)

Watch.

For whom the fix tolls?

It tolls for the winner.

Bet on it.

The will of the people?

Give me a BREAK!!!

If "the people" were to be told the ongoing truth of the matter, NONE 'a these motherfuckers would win and there would be political lynchings going on up and down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Can't have THAT, right?

Who'd close the deals?

Please.

The fix?

It's what"s for dinner.

Wake the fuck up.

Reid?

He's from LAS VEGAS, fer chrissake!!!

Where the fix is legal.

He cannot possibly be straight and still have succeeded in Nevada. Las Vegas is still owned by the mob. They have just cleaned up their act and hired some PR people. It was most certainly owned by it in the '60s and '70s when Reid came up. i worked in Vegas then and saw it from the inside. Rotten through and through. And so is he.

Bet on it.

That "serene and mysterious smile?"

I got yer serene and mysterious smile.

Right HERE!!!

Carmine DeSapio. Possibly one of the greatest fixers of all time, the last head of NYC's Tammany Hall.

The smile of a cheating winner.

Someone who knows that however things turn out it will be the way that he wants them to turn out.

Yup.

Bet on it.

AG

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.-Mae West

by Arthur Gilroy (arthurgilroy<at>earthlink.net) on Tue Mar 25th, 2008 at 04:25:23 PM EST

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