Posted on 11/05/2014 1:29:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Consider this karma avoidance by the soon-to-be-ex-Senate Majority Leader, but Harry Reid’s new act won’t fool anyone, least of all Mitch McConnell. Reid has run the US Senate for the past eight years like a dictatorship, steadily eroding minority privileges to the point where Republicans couldn’t offer amendments or put up any significant resistance to Barack Obama’s radical appointments, unless Democrats forced Reid’s hand on either score. After watching his party lay a historic egg in the midterms — the size of which is still not yet fully known — Reid tried spinning the results as a mandate for the kind of compromise that he’s blocked ever since winning control of the upper chamber in 2006:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has reached out to his presumed successor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, saying that he hoped they could work together “to get things done” in Washington.
In a statement, according to Mediaite, Reid said, “I’d like to congratulate Senator McConnell, who will be the new Senate Majority Leader. The message from voters is clear: They want us to work together. I look forward to working with Senator McConnell to get things done for the middle class.”
Er … sure it was. The actual message was entirely a repudiation of the shove-it-down-your-throat approach and demagoguery exemplified by Reid’s leadership and Barack Obama’s attitude. The 2010 midterms sent that same signal, but Reid ignored it and amplified his dictatorial approach in the aftermath of a narrow 2012 win. He’s still not getting the message — or more likely, is willfully ignoring it in order to benefit himself.
Evidence of that has already been provided by Reid and his team. Despite coughing up the worst midterm results in a generation, Reid wants to continue at the helm of Senate Democrats:
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) does not have any second thoughts about staying on as the Senate Democratic leader after the drubbing his party took on election night.
Spokesman Adam Jentleson vowed that Reid will lead his party’s remaining members in the chamber next year.
“Senator Reid will run for minority leader,” he said Tuesday.
Not so fast, said Chuck Todd last night. While his colleagues in the Senate have been either quiet or publicly supportive, the extent of this collapse will almost certainly mean that Reid will be gone from caucus leadership in January:
Military issues aside, Reid wrongly continues to ignore that just about the only thing that the Constitution allows the feds to “get things done for the middle class” is to decide policy for the US Mail Service, evidenced by the Constitution’s Clause 7 of Section 8 of Article I.
And at this point I question if Sen. McConnell, or whoever becomes Senate majority leader, will acknowledge that limited power duty.
No argument here...
Harry’s a mormon and he really is ditzy dingy.
Now he wants to play nice. Stuff it Harry.
I wouldn't count Harry out just yet. I remember plenty of people declaring the Witch Pelosi a has been after she lost the House for the Dims.
Try to think of the Dims as a Mafia family rather than a political party and you will understand them better. Those who would challenge the leadership had better be prepared to win or die because those are the stakes they are playing.
Exactly! They made their bed, lay in it.
your 15 minutes is up Harry
Don’t worry, the stupid party will reinstate the fillibuster ASAP!
Husband: YOU @!&^#&^#$ (hits the wife), YOU ROTTEN PIECE OF *@#&*&#, (knocks out one of her teeth), *$&*&@( SLUT B*&$*&I*& (breaks one of her ribs), *(@&*#$&* (starts choking her to death).
Wife: (Breaks free, flees. Days later, files charges and files for divorce).
Husband: Oh honey, why? Let’s talk it out. We can compromise and share power, you know, work together. Why can’t we just all get along?
Hairy’s next job after losing in Nevada will be Welcome to our Casino. Can I take your coat
Why on earth should the republicants work with the democRats?
Why wouldn’t Obama and Reid be blamed? Why would either of them be rewarded with any type of leadership?
If Rats were smart, they would work on getting a new leader and a new tone. America doesn’t want lib-tards. America made up it’s mind and became the center-right nation that I at least hoped it still was!
dont count on it last time he intimidated the turtle into giving him half the committees.
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The R’s,in their typical check your gonads at the door, gather round the campfire and sing ‘Kumbaya’, were readily going along with it till they found out the LARGE offices which the LIBS said were ‘part of the majority’ would be equally distributed AND there would be many co-chairman of the committees..
Believe McCain, one of the group agreeing with fairness, drew the line when it had an affect on him.
AND THEY KEEP SENDING HIM BACK...do the people of AZ hate him by sending him back here or hate ‘US’ by continually thrusting him back at us.?
Who’s that wrinkly old guy in the back row with no power?
Reid’s seat will become Sandoval’s seat next time around.
You see Harry, this is why you're not going to be leader any more... you're an idiot
The 'clear' message is they DONT WANT DEMOCRATS. Not "We want the new people to work with the people we just tossed out."
Oh now he wants to play nice. I hope McConnell shoves it up his arse.
I wonder how those new rules are going to work out for you Harry.
I'm thinking he'll show up on "Dancing With the Stars" next season as their token has-been long shot.
Because you are an idiot, corrupt and incompetent. You lost. Take a hike and get lost.
Why can’t we all get along, those are appealing words to McConnell, after all that’s what he has been saying all this time, he’d be happy just to clean the slate and start over.
If McConnell remains in the leadership, this election has been for naught.
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