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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:33 PM Original message |
Master stroke by Harry Reid in my opinion... |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Reid is extraordinarily weak and I hope he is replaced. |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hardly... |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. Check this out... |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I absolutely agree with you, sir! |
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Blarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
56. Yep. |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Do you think TARP will come without LOTS of restrictions!! nt |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Unions won't be forced to do what Republicans wanted...nt |
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Traveling_Home (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Then they might not get TARP nt |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes they will... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
61. Of course, but there were numerous restrictions on the bailout plan too |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Reid is Lucky. Not Masterful |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Reid stood up for Union workers... |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. But he once again showed he doesn't have muscle |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. He can't manufacture votes out of thin air... |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No he didn't. Thats your job as the leader |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Why? |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Force the Fillibuster. And you get the Politcal win |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. No you don't |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
63. YES YOU DO |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
64. Kerry is abroad, Kennedy is sick, Biden is VP, and Obama isn't in the Senate |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
65. 47 Democrats, 50 Republicans, 2 Indys. Obama has already resigned. Don't know if Biden has yet. (nt) |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. But there weren't enough Dems anyway |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Thats why you force the fillibuster |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. And give the Repubs the national spotlight... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Actually, that's a very good idea. |
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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. That assumes he wanted to get the votes |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Wake me up when he actually makes the Repigs |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Filibuster in this case would have been a PR disaster for the Dems... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. You have that exactly backwards. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Nonsense. nt |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Reid was lucky once |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Reid sucks and should step |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Wrong... |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. We'll see |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. Reid is alright...he is trying his level best with good help all around him |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. im just hoping for Reid to have a minor stroke. not a master one. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. WTF? |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Exactly what good would it have done?...nt |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Josh Marshall explains: |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That's a generalized argument... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. The hell it would backfire. And no, it's not a "generlaized" argument. |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. No I don't... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Again, it's NOT a generalized argument. |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yes it is a generalized argument...and no it would have been a lousy strategy... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Selective editing does not make your point for you. |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Show me where is applying his notion that a filibuster... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I already have. |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. SO long...nt |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. I have never seen a weaker senator than Reid. The word wimp suits him, and reminds me |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
37. I agree. People aren't giving Harry the credit he deserves and are bahsing him instead. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Playing Russian Roulette with the economy is somehow a good thing? |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Uh...no..it is the Republicans playing russian roulette with the economy... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. If he had credibility (like, say a leader like Lyndon Johnson had) |
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dcindian (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. Reid ought to be drawn and quartered |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Yeah and then who would have been accused of playing politics... |
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dcindian (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. bullshit |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Interesting... |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
47. Harry is pathetic. He needs to be replaced. |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
52. For you Reid critics: If you want a bloviated, partisan jack-ass for a Senate Majority Leader... |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. And a small, insignificant little man as Majority Leader worked out so well? |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #52 |
66. how is making the republicans actually fillibuster... |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
53. Yeah, Reid is a terrific Senate leader ... if you're a repuke. |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
54. Indeed TARP money is what should be used |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. So, by his utter lack of spinem he saved the day? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
60. I just don't see Paulsen putting TARP to work for Detroit |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
62. I'd chalk it up to dumb luck and nothing more, if it indeed passes. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
67. Reid had nothing to do with how this went down. nt |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
68. I just want to point out |
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