How much do you care if Reid loses his job over this race remark?

[Cant trust em]

[tekisui]

1. I've wanted him replaced for years, but this is the dumbest reason

to get it.

[closeupready]

2. Ditto.

n/t

[Cant trust em]

3. Yep-O.

My bigger concern is that Nevada doesn't elect another democrat.

[CTyankee]

33. Nevada is still a swing state unfortunately. It hasn't evolved enough to

have a stronger Dem party and candidates. That will/must come...

[dflprincess]

6. Yup n/t

[YOY]

15. and it smacks of being bullied by Republicans.

n.t.

[NightWatcher]

4. I wanted him to go months ago for his lack of a spine

The only bad thing about him leaving now is that it makes look like the gop'ers forced him out, when I think the Dems should have bumped him from his power seat when Obama came in.

[KittyWampus]

5. How willing are you to participate in a witch hunt just cause you don't like the "witch"?

[Cant trust em]

18. That's an interesting question.

I'm going to have to think about that for a little bit.

[ShortnFiery]

7. I know that this is a crappy attitude, but IMO, there's so many reasons to fire Reid as Majority ...

Leader, my view is, sadly, "any port in a storm."

Resign Harry! Resign Now! :blush:

[Cant trust em]

Is this just about him being Majority Leader, or will he lose his seat?

Will the dems be able to win in his replacement election?

[ShortnFiery]

16. I don't know but seriously, Harry is 70 y.o., isn't it about time that the good people of Nevada ...

elect some "new blood" to represent them in The Senate?

It's almost as if the Members of Our Congress are now all "Popes and Cardinals" = elected for life.

It's both the individuals' and the constituents' fault, but it's CONGRESS for Heaven's sake, not The Supreme Court nor A Papal Appointment from Rome. :shrug:

[Cant trust em]

21. I can never seem to make up my mind on how I feel about term limits

For every Reid or Feinstein, there's also a Kennedy or a Feingold.

[Brickbat]

8. I'm not crazy about him, but this would be a dumb reason and set a bad precedent.

[JVS]

27. I'll sign on with this opinion.

[T Wolf]

9. If only for the false-equivalence with Lott. The two statements were nothing alike - neither

in tone, intent, nor meaning.

But what passes for political discourse and reason in Amerika today says they are the same. For that reason alone would I want Harry (schmuck that he is) to NOT lose his post.

For his role in the debacle of Democratic congressional action since 2006, he does deserve to lose his seat.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. Maybe he could find a job he's good at. Kissing corporate asses pays well.

And, he certainly has plenty of experience.

[tblue]

11. Reid has a lot to answer for, but he's done

answering for this. It's a nonissue.

Now, as for being a weenie of a Majority Leader, he should be cut loose.

[librechik]

12. It's a totally bogus reason

However, if we get Durban or Leahy or (please God) Boxer instead of Reid, I would not cry.

[bluethruandthru]

13. I don't want him to lose his Senate seat...

but I really would like him replaced as Majority leader.

[cali]

14. A lot. Fortunately, he won't lose his ML post over this

[marmar]

17. Reid's a weak and ineffective leader. If that was the reason, I'd be fine with it.....

I wouldn't be fine with him losing it over this flap, because of the hypocrisy on the part of those demanding his ouster. The ends don't always justify the means.

[Deep13]

19. Anyone who can count should be concerned about it. nt

[Parker CA]

20. If Reid loses his seat over this, the GOP gains enormous momentum they do not need.

They also have a precedent to call for the removal of other Dems based on spurious reasoning.

[elocs]

28. That is exactly correct.

After Reid the GOP would simply pick off another, then another, then another.

[CTyankee]

34. And, even tho lots of us hate the HCR bill, the GOP knows that getting Reid to resign

basically defeats the bill. That's what is going on with the pukes right now...they'd don't give a rat's ass about racism since they are its biggest purveyors.

[Warpy]

22. A lot because it's such an incredibly flimsy pretense

Take the man's job away because he's been ineffective and has fought the wrong battles nearly every time.

Don't take it away because he stated a fact using a polite term.

His sin is only that he held up a mirror to the voting public and they didn't like what they saw in it.

[hlthe2b]

23. Foolishness ...

I doubt there is any Dem or progressive that has not been frustrated with Reid, but how foolish. We seem forever doomed to shoot ourselves in the foot, if this is how people really feel.

[bigwillq]

24. I hope he does lose his job

But not because of the racialisticism (:P) comments

[90-percent]

25. Losing his job

is different than "Losing his job over this race remark"

It would be a terrible injustice to lose his job because of this remark.

I have no problem with him losing his job from poor job performance, however.

This remark thing is insignificant and he should not feel any repercussions from it.

It's just another make Obama (and the Dems) fail opportunity from the hypocritical Republican "opposition".

-90% jimmy

[salguine]

26. It would be the right thing for the wrong reason. Reid should have been gone a long

time ago, but due to general worthlessness as a leader, not for this.

[upi402]

29. agreed. still, 20% give a damn as of now... not good

maybe The Colonels's chickens have the deep fryer in sight and are starting to give a cluck.

[oldlib]

30. Don't allow the GOOP to do this.

He should be removed from Majority Leader by the Senate and to retain his seat as a member of the Senate.

[ladjf]

31. Horse crap! Negro is Spanish for black. So, he gets kicked out

for using a Spanish word that simply describes a color. And please don't give me any of that what it means to this person or that person. Reid is an older man. For most of his life, the term "negro" referring to "African Americans" was the respectful word that was used.

[Sebastian Doyle]

32. You're forgetting the religious context

Reid was raised to believe that black people were descended from the 1/3 of the angels who refused to take sides in the battle between Elohim and Lucifer just prior to the creation of earth.

Or in other words, "too lazy to fight Satan".

The irony here is that Reid's performance as Majority "Leader" has a lot in common with those lazy angels.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

35. By job I assume you meant position

I fully believe he will lose his seat in the next election.