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In reply to the discussion: Fire Harry Reid. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)29. I don't know what happened (been working long hours). But maybe it's time for someone new....
Maybe.
OTOH, it's difficult leading your party in the Senate. The main job is to get votes on particular bills. Harry Reid does seem to know how to do that pretty well.
A young guy? A young guy can't become leader of the party in the Senate. He would be replaced by another older, long-termer.
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I kept hearing, up to the last minute, that there were 51 votes needed to pass a stonger filibuster
Matariki
Jan 2013
#21
Do you have a link with the names of all 51 votes? Being as you assert it was a fact-
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#25
Replace him with...? And this person will magically control Senators' votes by...?
Recursion
Jan 2013
#7
Allowing repugs 2 poison pill amendments is the same or worse than a filibuster. n/t
Pryderi
Jan 2013
#9
That bastard sold us out. Every time the GOP blocks us from now on, it's on him. [nt]
Jester Messiah
Jan 2013
#14
I never expect ANYTHING from Harry Reid. Then I'm not disappointed - I know in advance
forestpath
Jan 2013
#17
Regardless of what happened, you have to admit it is great theater for the masses who watch.
Selatius
Jan 2013
#26
I don't know what happened (been working long hours). But maybe it's time for someone new....
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#29