Reid: Dems must be ‘very careful’ about overreaching

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Source: The Hill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday that Democrats have to be “very, very careful” about overreaching.

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

Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/reid-dems-must-be-v...

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Just some sage advice from Harry Reid for Obama.

Between Reid and Pelosi, it looks like we have a Reid/Pelosi White House,
with Obama just being a figure head.

[polichick]

1. So how much do we have to win by in order to reach AT ALL??

[harun]

55. My same thought, someone let me know when dem leadership in congress has reached even

a little bit, for anything. Then we can start worrying about over-doing it.

[Better Believe It]

56. You need to elect 100 Democrats to the Senate .... of course, one might threaten to filibuster

which means Democrats would have to withdraw any progressive legislation.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. How about just plain old "reaching"?

[WriteDown]

60. Good one!

[thunder rising]

3. All this work just to see Reid and Pelosi fuck it up.

[Somawas]

22. Harry Reid has taken more Republican

dick than Larry Craig. Just a sad, old queen.

[NightWatcher]

4. I better stay far away from DC, else I might be arrested for flinging poo at Reid

you pussy, NOW IS THE TIME TO REACH

[bemildred]

5. Where was this asshole when Bush was overreaching?

What was Mr Caution worrying about then?

[MrModerate]

6. Gutless, brainless putz . . .

Yes, dems need to "work closely" with 'Licans. After all, the 'Licans' constituents are citizens too. But does that mean bending over and dropping your pants, which has been Reid's practice as majority leader? Does it mean helping them fuck the place over as they did when they were the only game in town?

I don't think so.

Reid has got to go; Pelosi has got to go.

[Mister Ed]

7. Yessirree, gotta keep that ol' powder dry.

That's us, all right. The Party of Dry Powder.

How is the senate majority leader selected? Is there any chance Reid can be replaced?

[Liberal Veteran]

24. Well, he's right.

I mean, we gotta wait to push an agenda when we are out of power so we can say "Oh well, until we get power we can't do anything we'd like to do and then not do it when the opportunity presents itself."

We need to push hard to get this spineless fuck removed from his position as Senate Majority Leader.

[leftinportland]

41. Yes there is...

The majority and minority leaders are elected at the beginning of each Congressional session and since they are about to start a new session...

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/brie...

[Demeter]

45. Senate Voted in November to Keep Fearless Reid in Place

and since those were last year's Congress voting, it doesn't seem fair to the incoming Senators....

[ProSense]

8. "looks like we have a Reid/Pelosi White House, with Obama just being a figure head"

Really?

[Robbien]

9. Overreaching what? Is Reid worried about being mistaken for a right wing GOPer?

Compared to the right wing bias of Senate Democrats, anything Obama would do would seem like a leftie stance.

[Odin2005]

10. more evidence for my "Reagan-Induced political PTSD" hypothesis

Harry, if you are still having nightmares about scaring away "Reagan Democrats" you REALLY need to go.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

11. Or the Republicans will give him a wedgie in the Senate gym.

Harry, why don't you just focus on doing right by the American people?

If you're nervous, ask Mommy to leave an extra nightlight on. Sheesh!

[NeoConsSuck]

33. Or the Republicans will give him a wedgie in the Senate gym.

I spilled my coffee on that one!

[depakid]

12. I'm beginning to think this man has psychological problems

possibly related to his history of TIA's.

[liberalmuse]

13. I think he's referring to the 'reach around'.

God knows he's let every goddamned Republican hump him. He's a fucking atrocity. Someone remove this Mormon asshat. No Mormon should ever be in power--they are so incredibly brainwashed. Mormons (and most of the religious dogmatists) are taught to bend over to anyone in 'authority' (I know this from personal experience). He makes me more sick than Pelosi. As long as Reid and Pelosi are in power, being a Democrat is a fucking lose/lose situation. We have a fucking mandate and yet two of our own supposedly most powerful leaders insist on playing the perpetual 'bottoms' in the most disgusting D-grade Republican-made porn imaginable. This truly SUCKS! I'm ready to shed rotten fruit or dog shit to Reid. Gawd knows Pelosi and Reids staff don't give a fuck about people calling in with their concerns.

[Doctor_J]

14. Please make it stop

He is making me sick

[TheCowsCameHome]

15. After all this, we're still getting *****d by our own

May as well have voted straight GOP.

[Jamastiene]

16. In other words, we are going to get more of the same old same old. n/t

[villager]

17. I really can't stand this weak-kneed asshole anymore...

And I'm done giving him the "benefit of the doubt." Of course, if Dems keep him as their "leader," they are complicit, Senate-wide, yes?

[Jefferson23]

18. Sorry, I just can't stand this fucking idiot.

[StudsT]

19. give us a break - you are in there, now is your OPPORTUNITY to do some good

and WIN for us before the pendulum swings back!

carpe diem

StudsT

[Still Sensible]

20. What a stupid thing to say

especially if he doesn't define what he means. I'm all for working with moderate GOP where it makes sense, but there have to be a group of priorities that we expect to "reach" plenty.

[islandmkl]

21. what harry is trying to say is 'It is going to take a lot to undo the transgressions...

of the past 8 years...'

and he and the rest of his colleagues (both dems and repukes) have to get all their baubles and bangles lined up for transport out of DC...and that will take a while...

in the meantime, why would he care what WE thought we were achieving in the last 2 f***ing elections?

oh...you thought it was about the 'people', huh?

[Liberal Veteran]

23. What a fascinating excuse for being an invertebrate.

[Barbarien]

25. Stockholm Syndrome

I think that almost all Democrats in national politics are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. You know, where hostages start to identify with and sympathize with their captors? They've so internalized GOP talking points about how awful both the Democratic Party and its constituencies are that they don't know how to stand up for what they supposedly believe in. Hence their fear of doing anything remotely progressive because it will be too "divisive" or "out of the mainstream." This mentality is why they also treat their core constituencies like a bunch of lepers, at least *after* they get elected.

I'm truly sick of Reid and his ilk. Why is it that elections only have consequences when Republicans win? When do Democrats get to expect that winning the White House and both houses of Congress will actually translate into some policy victories? As Arianna Huffington said, calling the Democratic leadership in Congress "spineless" is an insult to invertebrates everywhere.

[PassingFair]

29. Not "almost all"...

only a smidge over half.

[RedstDem]

26. For Heavens Sake

Someone tell Harry he borrow my nutz for a while .........

[EconomicLiberal]

27. Go fuck yourself, Reid.

You're such a spineless twerp.

[natrat]

28. or what? they will wreck our economy and bankrupt the country 3 times over

[truthisfreedom]

30. We should be steamrolling over the pukes.

Who gives a shit what they think or say. They're useless f*cks.

[ShortnFiery]

48. No, don't cha know? It's alright to let off steam but we will SERVE our Corporate Masters ...

first and always. What about taxing the rich so they will BE FORCED to invest in America instead of taking their millions out of the Country?

[CLANG]

31. I guess we need 100 senators to break the "gridlock".

What a spineless fuckhead! We need to dump both Reid and Pelosi!

[Arkana]

32. What makes you think Obama will kowtow to Harry fucking Reid?

[geckosfeet]

34. Spineless. Coward. He should be rallying the troops for the first wave.

[debbierlus]

35. Reid Pelosi Obama - the New & 'Improved' Right - FUCK YOU REID

Corporate Castrated Milque Toast SELL OUT

[BR_Parkway]

36. Fuck you Harry - this is why you're approval rating is worse than Bush's

and that takes some major doing.

If these Democrats don't think all us progressive, fringe, vocal, queer, feminist, equal rights, environmentalist, pro-labor, pro-choice people elected them to office who the fuck do they think they got votes from?

[Generator]

37. Okay CHRIST. Maybe it was the anthrax.

Who are THESE people? And why are they scared shitless all the time? It boggles credulity.

[Solly Mack]

38. lololol

Oh me oh my

[IndianaGreen]

39. It's time for Harry to go quietly into the night

He is as useful as a burned out light bulb.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

40. Reid the Imposter

He is a FAKE, a sham, a fraud, and one hell of an actor.

[deutsey]

42. It's hard to overreach when all you do is wring your fucking hands.

[Libertyfirst]

69. Tell 'em again!!

[Celeborn Skywalker]

43. Replace Reid and Pelosi!

Fucking hell, they suck.

[bdamomma]

44. looks like they will be seeing low approval ratings from us for a long time.

[unkachuck]

46. watch out reid, "boogie, boogie, boogie"....n/t

[fla nocount]

47. BO comes from a matriarchal social milieu...

I've a good feeling about Michelle. She'll make her man act like a man. Eleanor did that too.

[DerekG]

59. Oh really?

Did she make him vote for war criminal's Condoleeza Rice's appointment to Secretary of State?

Did she make him stand behind FISA?

Did she make him promise to continue the slaughter in Afghanistan?

Did she make him vote for the bailout?

If so, fuck the both of them.

[sandnsea]

49. sigh. Hey Harry. We Won. LANDSLIDE

Maybe somebody needs to send him the election results again.

[CreekDog]

50. This being a hypothetical rather than an actual threat

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[ldf]

70. uh, ,,, not that there is anything wrong with that

its all context.

CONTEXT!

[BattyDem]

52. I am so sick of him!

Americans voted for a Democratic President and they gave large majorities to a Democratic House and Senate. Why the f*ck do the Dems have to play nice? Why can't they ever take a stand on something? ANYTHING! I am soooo freakin' tired of the "we can't piss of the GOP" crowd! If the "leaders" of the party are too f*cking timid to confront the GOP, then sit down, shut up and get out of the f*cking way! Obama better start playing hardball with the Dem leadership because right now, they are useless to him ... and us!

[Skittles]

53. get the fuck rid of this irrelevant apologist bastard

he SUCKS

[justsomeguy1973]

54. If you can't overreach now, when can you?

We give the guy a mandate, we want change, and his response is with both the house, senate, and presidency we can't do anything?

I don't get it. Not even a little bit. /boggle

[tom_paine]

66. I get it. Whether he knows it or not, and he just might know it, Harry works for the GOP?

It doesn't matter WHY anymore. Whether he's pissing in his pants about being assassinated by Bushie Anthrax or whether Total Information Awareness has revealed to the Bushies his predilection for kiddie pron or who knows what and who cares?

He is a disgrace to the nation. But then, so is virtually 80%+ of the entire Democratic Congress.

For fucks sake, I am so sick of Reid an the rest of the Nancy Pelosi Democrats that I almost want to call it the Democrat Party, get a lobotomy and join Fox "News".

With friends like these, we sure as shit don't need any fucking enemies.

[Le Taz Hot]

57. Well, Harry, with you in charge,

there's no danger of that.

[Matariki]

58. Why do the Democrats always have to be 'very, very careful' all the time?

While the Republicans run rough shod over everything, whether they're in the majority or minority - even after following 8 years of an extremely unpopular president?

You'd think Reid and Pelosi were being blackmailed or something. It makes no sense.

[Better Believe It]

63. Is This A Test? Because Republicans will get mad if Democrats don't surrender?

[leftstreet]

64. Because the Republicans were always more honest about their agenda

The Democrats still have to maintain some semblance of the notion that they represent 'the left' in the US.

[Jennicut]

61. A Reid/Pelosti white house? Don't make me laugh. If you don't like Obama's decisions

you won't be consulted, case in point is DiFi. I mean, Obama was elected with how many of million of votes vs Reid and Pelosi? Laughable they he would lay down for them, they are just blowing smoke and posturing but no one cares what they think.

[Malikshah]

62. Sticking your pinky out is not overreaching you spineless malodorous

cretin.

[Cha]

65. That sounds like a fucking idiot to me..

How about.. "we are going to work with the Obama admin to get our country on the right track"?

Get off your tiptoes, Reid, and throw away those eggshells.

[rocktivity]

67. That's rich--advice on overrreaching

From a guy who won't lift a finger to fight the Republicans.


rocknation

[Owl]

68. Wimp.

[western mass]

71. Reid is doing a bang up job

for the Republicans.

Our corporate masters have nothing to worry about, the GOP fifth column is alive and well.