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Enough is Enough: Harry Reid Should Step Down

19 hours ago ago from NEOAVATARA

Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid has long been an embarrassment.  When he took over for former leader Tom Daschle, I first thought it was a joke.  Reid neither has the intelligence nor temperament to be the the leader of anything. On the floor of the Senate Monday, Reid compared opposition to government reform of health care to slavery. Yes.  The enslavement of an entire ethnic group in America.  Equivalent to health care ...

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1 day ago ago from Dan Cirucci

From Glenn Thrush at Politico : Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) upped the rhetorical ante this morning by comparing opponents of health care reform to conservatives who tried to block emancipation and equal rights -- prompting the Republican national chairman to question his sanity. Speaking on the floor of the Senate, Reid blasted GOP leaders who have urged Democrats opt for a slower, incremental approach to reform instead of ...

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Bruno found guilty of 2 felonies

17 hours ago ago from The Albany 10 - Top Ten Lists of the Best Restaurants, Businesses, Services, and Everything Else You Can Imagine in Albany, NY

News from www.saratogian.com Tue Dec 08 12:00:00 UTC 2009 ALBANY — Joseph L. Bruno, the former state Senate majority leader, was found guilty Monday of two of eight counts of felony corruption and using his political office to build his personal wealth. about: Joseph Bruno Joseph L Bruno majority leader Party leaders of the United States Senate Politics Senate Originally posted here: Bruno found guilty of 2 felonies

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Whats that line about repeating a lie until people believe it? Ask Harry Reid.

11 hours ago ago from Political Pyromania

Many other people have written commentary about Senator Harry Reid's statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Reid essentially repeated a tired mantra that Democrats use to accuse Republicans of being racists. John Fund at the Wall Street Journal called his bluff : Historians also faulted Mr. Reid's curious reference to the Senate civil rights debates of the 1960s. After all, it was Southern Democrats who mounted an 83-day filibuster ...

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Budget comments | An Assembly members take on Anchorage issues

1 hour, 54 minutes ago ago from Patrick Flynn's Blog | An Assembly member's take on Anchorage issues

Patrick Flynn s Blog Budget comments Tonight, December 8, the Assembly is about to pass a municipal budget for 2010.  I spent a great deal of time on this one and the version that ultimately passed had my name on it, but it wasn't really mine. It has been said that budgets are the ultimate public policy documents.  They reflect a community's priorities; what is funded, what isn't and what the citizenry can expect in return ...

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Busy Congress likely to defer action on Obama job proposals

3 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Business

The packed congressional schedule means action on the bulk of President Obama's job-creation proposals might be deferred to 2010, as the House and Senate race to complete a host of key bills by year's end. Funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the federal government's ability to borrow money, and several expiring laws and tax breaks depend on Congress completing complicated legislative maneuvers in the next three weeks. The jobs ...

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