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Wed Jan-13-10 03:56 PM
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File this one under 'No Shit, Sherlock' |
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Reid: It Was A Waste Of Time Dealing With Olympia Snowe
Brian Beutler | January 13, 2010, 1:21PM
Hindsight's 20-20, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid now thinks he and leading Democrats--Max Baucus, Barack Obama--flushed months down the toilet courting Sen. Olympia Snowe's (R-ME) support for health care reform.
"As I look back it was a waste of time dealing with ," Reid is quoted as saying in a forthcoming New York Times Magazine piece, "because she had no intention of ever working anything out."
That's a harsh but understandable assessment. The White House was banking on Snowe's support for months, both as a means of securing conservative Democrats' support for the bill, and as a failsafe, in case Reid came up short on votes in the Democratic caucus. But after supporting the Senate Finance Committee's reform proposal, Snowe was hesitant to support major changes to the legislation, which Reid needed to make to keep the progressive wing of his caucus from defecting.
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Wed Jan-13-10 03:59 PM
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Wed Jan-13-10 04:00 PM
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2. I think those on D.U. made that call last summer.... |
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Wed Jan-13-10 04:06 PM
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4. Evidently Harry doesn't read DU |
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no surprise there. But even if he had read DU's dire prediction I doubt he'd have given it one moment's consideration.
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Wed Jan-13-10 04:04 PM
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They should have started with a good plan and given it a good PR campaign.
Then, after seeing the reaction, compromised as little as possible (continuing the PR all the while).
Reid can't really be that stupid.
This is just an excuse.
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Wed Jan-13-10 04:10 PM
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6. He plays dumb, but he ain't stupid |
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Still there's a certain swinish satisfaction in seeing Reid trash Snowe now, after all that fruitless ass-kissing that went on seemingly forever.
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Wed Jan-13-10 06:07 PM
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11. If he were actually stupid, how would it look different? |
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And if he were not actually the most naive person in the world, then WTF could he have possibly been thinking?
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Wed Jan-13-10 05:42 PM
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10. I agree on all points, FiveGoodMen. |
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Snowe was their fig leaf.
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Wed Jan-13-10 04:09 PM
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5. It's funny, I like Reid, but I have no respect for his leadership n/t |
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Wed Jan-13-10 04:35 PM
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7. We at DU are not members of congress and WE all knew that already. |
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Wed Jan-13-10 04:45 PM
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8. Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" |
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Edited on Wed Jan-13-10 04:45 PM by rocktivity
Special Achievement award. And in case you missed last year's awards...rocktivity
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Wed Jan-13-10 05:27 PM
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I don't know how I missed it all these years...now you're on my list!
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