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DryRain

(237 posts) Fri Jan 25, 2013, 11:56 PM Jan 2013

Why are so many prominent Progressives giving Harry Reid a pass? [View all]

He promised reform, promised something he never delivered.

So what the heck is going on with all these prominent Progressives giving him a pass on this.

51 votes, including the vote of the VP of the USA is all he had to deliver on Fillibuster reform! Instead he compromises with the most arrogant and foolish of idiots in the U.S. Senate? When a few other Republican Senators could have delivered a vote or two or three?

Is Harry Reid the Senate Majority Leader only because he is there for more years and days than any other Democratic Senator? Or is he there only because the Senate Dems vote for a compromising candidate?

Why is Harry Reid, a man of such timidity, the Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate. Please explain it to me!

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Why are so many prominent Progressives giving Harry Reid a pass? [View all] DryRain Jan 2013 OP

All it takes is a "D". dkf Jan 2013 #1

Run for cover Protalker Jan 2013 #2

There is no explanation other than he can't do the job. russspeakeasy Jan 2013 #3

The upside to filibuster reform is pretty limited when Republicans control the House. tritsofme Jan 2013 #4

wave the white flag because of that? failure of senate and white house leadership is more like it msongs Jan 2013 #5

I notice that most of the folks egging Senate Democrats on bigtree Jan 2013 #10

That filibuster stuff didn't mean shit when it was time to block NAFTA or coalition_unwilling Jan 2013 #15

Both of those items received 60+ votes in the Senate. tritsofme Jan 2013 #20

Fair enough. Except that a filibuster is typically ended by a vote to invoke cloture (the vote coalition_unwilling Jan 2013 #23

right, lots of folks ready to forfeit the ONLY leverage we had during republican dark days bigtree Jan 2013 #6

Not at all - the house would then have to consider the Democratic senate's bills 0rganism Jan 2013 #9

Why would they have to consider those bills? tritsofme Jan 2013 #12

they consider them (house counterparts) or table them 0rganism Jan 2013 #14

Harry Reid Berserker Jan 2013 #7

a few things dsc Jan 2013 #8

Again..... JPK Jan 2013 #11

Huh? What are you talking about? Senator Reid isn't up for reelection until 2016. Tx4obama Jan 2013 #18

He's not running again. He's already about 73 years old. n/t duffyduff Jan 2013 #21

But WHO said he is not running? Tx4obama Jan 2013 #22

I must admit, I gave the reform a pass last night. But I have changed my mind... TheProgressive Jan 2013 #13

Everyone's justifiably angry about the lack of filibuster reform, but will scapegoating Reid help? backscatter712 Jan 2013 #16

Because they wanna get shit done? alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #17

Because they have absolutely no intention of getting things done duffyduff Jan 2013 #19

I'll explain via Bernie Sanders.. Another post on Reid from someone who has no Cha Jan 2013 #24