Earlier today, the Senate passed a “scaled-back filibuster deal.” Sahil Kapur provides an overview: The new rules would permit a Senate majority to bypass the filibuster on a motion to proceed to debate with the condition that either a group of senators on each side of the aisle agrees, or the minority is guaranteed the chance to … Continue reading The Amazing Awfulness Of Harry Reid, Ctd
by Patrick Appel
Politifact claims Reid is lying about Romney's taxes:
Reid has made an extreme claim with nothing solid to back it up. Pants on Fire!
Yglesias objects:
Politifact hasn't seen Romney's returns. Politifact doesn't say they have a source who's seen Romney's returns. Maybe Reid or his source is lying, but maybe they're not.
Kevin Drum disagrees:
Jon Stewart's skewering is priceless.
The fact that the sanest GOP candidate has a family deeply connected to Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is not, well, that conducive to winning over the Tea Party base.
Greg Sargent's jaw drops.
From the WSJ editorial today: In any event, this is hardly Mr. Reid's worst rhetorical offense. That prize goes to his all too public comments in April 2007 that "the war is lost" in Iraq, even as the surge was finally making victory possible. That was a betrayal of American soldiers risking their lives in … Continue reading Harry Reid’s “Treason”
by Chris Bodenner A reader writes: I have had a bit of a rough week, haven't smiled or laughed nearly as much as I usually do, but that changed when I saw video of Harry Reid maintaining that you can't put accused terrorists in prison without releasing them. I laughed so hard my cheeks hurt … Continue reading The Incoherent Cowardice Of Harry Reid, Ctd
by Chris Bodenner If you are going to cling to your talking points, at least make sense: REID: I’m saying that the United States Senate, Democrats and Republicans, do not want terrorists to be released in the United States. That’s very clear. QUESTION: No one’s talking about releasing them. We’re talking about putting them in … Continue reading The Incoherent Cowardice Of Harry Reid
[Ross] Rick Perlstein, the author of one of the best political histories I’ve ever read (which is unaccountably out of print), has started his own blog, which promises to be interesting and irritating in equal measure. Here’s a case where it’s the latter: Last year I attended a major conference of conservative intellectuals and activists … Continue reading Speaking of Harry Reid
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) leaves after the Senate Democratic weekly policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2015. Reid returned to work today after he was injured from a New Years Day exercise accident, which caused broken bones and temporary loss of vision in his right eye. By Alex Wong/Getty … Continue reading Face Of The Day
