DU a poll: Should Sen. Harry Reid step down as majority leader after the disclosure of his comments

[Omaha Steve]

http://politics.polls.newsvine.com/_question/2010/01/11/3739852-should-sen-harry-reid-step-down-as-majority-leader-after-the-disclosure-of-his-comments-about-then-sen-barack-obamas-good-prospects-as-a-presidential-candidate-because-he-was-light-skinned-with-no-negro-dialect?chromedomain=world-news

Should Sen. Harry Reid step down as majority leader after the disclosure of his comments about then Sen. Barack Obama's good prospects as a presidential candidate because he was 'light skinned' with 'no Negro dialect'?

Yes is winning at this time.

Results with 1,390 short comments
Total of 137,875 votes - click on the "Display Comments" bar below to sort comments

33.5% No 46,149 votes

65.5% Yes 90,353 votes

1% I don't know 1,373 votes

[rcrush]

1. DU it?

How? Do you want more people to vote no?

[Omaha Steve]

6. Answer how you feel

But I believe most on DU will vote no. But we are a diverse group. Since Obama stands behind Senator Reid, I will back Senator Reid too.

Video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34804130#34804130?GT1=43001

[Lil Missy]

2. No.

[Warpy]

3. Certainly not for his remarks

which might have been insensitive but were far from fatal.

He should step down because he's fighting all the wrong battles.

[Tesha]

4. 'What Warpy said. (NT)

[Jennicut]

8. Yup, for being incompetent.

That is worse then anything he said.

[Joanne98]

5. MSNBC has been bashing democrats all day!

[rcrush]

7. I'm confused. I voted yes.

I figure Congress is better off with less racists in it.

[Pab Sungenis]

9. He should be removed

but not just for the remarks.

[SoCalDem]

10. He should step down because.......

he's going to lose his re-election race
and because he's a milquetoast-mushmouth-mumbler, who;s always ready to give in to any republican nonsense that comes his way..

He's afraid to lead..he just wants to conciliate..and to telegraph every "I'm-a-gonna-do".

[Downtown Hound]

11. What she said. n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. No, of course not. Sadly, in this America, he was right.

He should, however, be removed for being an ineffective douche.

[Omaha Steve]

13. The poll only refers to his comments about President Obama

Answer just that question if you reply to the poll.

[TheKentuckian]

14. No, but he should step down next session because he is weak, uninspiring, too willing to play

footsie with conservatives, and clearly out of touch though not some racist as the Confederates try to spin.