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Harry Reid Says He Won’t Seek Re-Election
NY Times ^ | MARCH 27, 2015 | By CARL HULSE

Posted on 03/27/2015 4:54:06 AM PDT by kingattax

WASHINGTON — Senator Harry Reid, the tough tactician who has led Senate Democrats since 2005, will not seek re-election next year, bringing an end to a three-decade congressional career that culminated with his push of President Obama’s ambitious agenda against fierce Republican resistance.

Mr. Reid, 75, who suffered serious eye and facial injuries in a Jan. 1 exercise accident at his Las Vegas home, said he had been contemplating retiring from the Senate for months. He said his decision was not attributable either to the accident or to his demotion to minority leader after Democrats lost the majority in November’s midterm elections.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 114th; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; dingy; dncscandals; gettherope; harryreid; mostethicalever; nevada; reidcorrupt; reidretiring; reidscandals; wellbye
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To: ClearCase_guy

LOL!!


61 posted on 03/27/2015 5:42:07 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
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To: kingattax

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62 posted on 03/27/2015 5:42:15 AM PDT by OKSooner ("Remember Fort Hood, Boston, and Moore, Oklahoma.")
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To: austinaero

And it’s still early. May you reach even higher peaks today.


63 posted on 03/27/2015 5:44:12 AM PDT by deweyfrank
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To: kingattax

He wouldn't have won anyway....Hitlery hates him because in 2008 Hairy Reed endorsed Obama.

64 posted on 03/27/2015 5:44:36 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: austinaero

“I proposed we help him out by launching some really big rocks in his direction.”
TEA folk we have to launch them as RINOs have no idea what stones are.


65 posted on 03/27/2015 5:45:30 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; randita; InterceptPoint

From Jon Ralston

“DSCC: “There is a talented pool of Nevada Democrats who are ready to step up to the plate...” RalstonFact: Um, no.”


66 posted on 03/27/2015 5:52:07 AM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: kingattax

Several of the old-timers tend to flee when they lose the majority or are about to.

Many of them have jobs-in-waiting with the corporations they have been funding during their political tenure.


67 posted on 03/27/2015 5:52:35 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: kingattax

Mitch McConnell will need to look for a new boss.

Good riddance to a Senate pestilence.


68 posted on 03/27/2015 5:57:33 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (You're either in or in the way.)
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To: kingattax

Gee wiz, i hope he is not in constant pain as the result of his accident? I hope his conscience doesn’t nag him day and night either.


69 posted on 03/27/2015 6:06:41 AM PDT by Leep (Ronney/McCain 2016!)
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To: muir_redwoods
I wonder who told him he wasn’t running.

Not sure...but, he definitely got "the message".


70 posted on 03/27/2015 6:06:51 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: kingattax

Well, Harry, It wiuld have been better for your soul and our country if you’d been able to have such an accident years ago.

May your time off be spent contemplating the repercussions of your behavior.


71 posted on 03/27/2015 6:07:20 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The tampering with DHS did him in.....................


72 posted on 03/27/2015 6:08:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: kingattax

73 posted on 03/27/2015 6:10:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: kingattax

Hand caught in the cookie jar.


74 posted on 03/27/2015 6:10:52 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: kingattax

“Mr. Reid, 75, who suffered serious eye and facial injuries in a Jan. 1 exercise accident at his Las Vegas home, said he had been contemplating retiring from the Senate for months.”

I heard he walked into a door knob.


75 posted on 03/27/2015 6:11:44 AM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy

I agree, Reid is more dangerous than that female AG or anyone else that the RATs may run. 2014 showed what can happen to Democrats in NV when Harry doesn’t turn on his electoral machine. Democrats got trounced, with GOP candidates winning races that they had no business winning.

The seat is Sandoval’s for the taking now, and I think that he’ll take it now. Sandoval probably wanted to avoid a bruising battle, which is why he kept mum on his intentions, but with Reid out of the picture he knows that the Democrats won’t run very hard against him.

Sandoval can become a Senator for as long as he wishes if he runs next year, while if he stays as Governor he’ll be out of office and in the private sector in 2019 with no chance of ever becoming President (he’s “pro-choice” on abortion, and no “pro-choice” candidate has won even one GOP presidential primary or caucus, much less the nomination, since incumbent President Ford in 1976). So what’s Sandoval’s long-term aspiration, SCOTUS? (He’s a former federal judge.) Being elected to the Senate and becoming a force in the Senate Judiciary Committee would be his only possible road to SCOTUS (not that I would support him for SCOTUS given his views on abortion). I think that running for the Senate next year should be a no-brainer for Sandoval. And, given the proclivities of NV voters, I would prefer that he run and pick up the seat, despite his stance on abortion. since he’d be good on other issues and at least would vote against public funding of abortion (and maybe for a 20-week ban).


76 posted on 03/27/2015 6:13:04 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy

It would be good for LT Gov Mark Hutchison (who sounds like a conservative) to become the new Governor and be the incumbent in 2018.


77 posted on 03/27/2015 6:16:37 AM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: ConservativeMind

Harry, I believe you are a POS and I would not go out of my way to save your life if I ever had such an opportunity.

You are a creep, a liar, and a thief. You should rot in prison and all of those you’ve wronged should be allowed “private time” with you in your cell.


78 posted on 03/27/2015 6:17:44 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: AuH2ORepublican; Impy; BillyBoy

I’d frankly like to see Adam Laxalt take his grandfather’s seat.


79 posted on 03/27/2015 6:20:48 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: kingattax

Two thoughts:

a. The Vegas Mafia FINALLY got to him, via his ‘treadmill.’ *SNORT*

b. Who will be the next small, petty, greedy little TROLL to take his place?

You’d LIKE to think there would be a silver lining to these things, but alas, usually not. :(


80 posted on 03/27/2015 6:29:45 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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