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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Harry Reid |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 1:21 pm |
| Tags: Law Amp Amp Legal Matters, Politics, 2008 Elections, Congress, War On Terror, Civil Liberties, Harry Reid, Domestic Surveillance |
| Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant |
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| Senate To Follow House In Seeking Quick FISA Fix |
| Published: August 14, 2007, 9:03 pm |
| Tags: Fisa, Domestic Spying, Harry Reid, Senate |
| Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a similar statement to Senators Rockerfeller and Leahy (Chairmen of the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary Committees): I know both of you share my disappointment at the process that led to passage of the recent law, and at the flawed outcome itself, which you and I and many others strongly opposed. |
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| Senator Reid blasts Bush attempt to kill Petraeus appearance before Congress |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 2:03 pm |
| Tags: Iraq, Harry Reid, General Petraeus |
| Harry Reid:"The White House's effort to prevent General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker from testifying openly and candidly before Congress about the situation in Iraq is unacceptable. Not only does it contradict the law President Bush himself signed in May, but it appears to be yet another politically driven attempt to avoid giving Congress |
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| Reid on the White House Progress Report |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 4:14 pm |
| Tags: Harry Reid, Iraq |
| Reid has something to say about the multi-pronged bait-and-switch the Bush administration is trying to pull on the September progress report on Iraq: "The White House’s effort to prevent General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker from testifying openly and candidly before Congress about the situation in Iraq is unacceptable. Not |
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| Magical September Preview |
| Published: August 23, 2007, 9:28 pm |
| Tags: Iraq, Magical September, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, John Warner, Wino |
| make progress. Likewise, Harry Reid focuses on the failure of the escalation: Today's National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq confirms what most Americans already know: Our troops are mired in an Iraqi civil war and the President's escalation strategy has failed to produce the political results he promised to our troops and the American |
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| Reid and Pelosi on the NIE: Bush's "surge" failed. We need a new plan for Iraq. Now. |
| Published: August 23, 2007, 7:27 pm |
| Tags: Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi |
| doesn't.Majority Leader Reid: Today's National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq confirms what most Americans already know: Our troops are mired in an Iraqi civil war and the President's escalation strategy has failed to produce the political results he promised to our troops and the American people. Our troops have done everything asked of |
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| Reid Wants To Make A Pact |
| Published: August 31, 2007, 1:43 am |
| Tags: Harry Reid, George W Bush, Iraq, Tony Snow |
| war, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said he is now willing to compromise with Republicans to find ways to limit troop deployments in Iraq. Reid acknowledged that his previous firm demand for a spring withdrawal deadline had become an obstacle for a small but growing number of Republicans who have said they want to end the war but |
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| What I Didn't Do This Summer |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 4:25 pm |
| Tags: Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Iraq, Supplemental |
| on a conference call with Harry Reid: Reid also broke the news that the Magical September was likely to bring just one thing--another supplemental request by Bush. So we can look forward to another round of the "fund the troops" canard timed for exactly the moment at which Republicans keep telling everyone they're going to give up on Iraq if |
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| Reid response to GAO report |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 5:55 pm |
| Tags: Harry Reid, Iraq War, Government Accountability Office |
| Reid: "Today's GAO report confirms that the President's Iraq strategy is simply not working. Levels of violence remain dangerously high and civilian deaths show no signs of slowing. And despite the enormous sacrifices of our troops, the Iraqi government remains both unable and unwilling to make the compromises necessary to stabilize |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball: NOTES ON THE STATE OF POLITICS |
| Published: September 7, 2007, 12:05 am |
| Tags: Politics, 2008 Elections, Democrats, Republicans, Bill Richardson, Senate, Harry Reid, Scandals, Larry Craig |
| NOTES ON THE STATE OF POLITICS Jefferson aficionados know the Man of the Millennium only penned one book in his lifetime, Notes on the State of Virginia. Many of Jefferson’s observations in that volume still hold fascination today, and we recommend it to you. For our part, with a bow to the Rotunda and a nod to [...] |
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| The State of the Surge |
| Published: September 11, 2007, 8:32 am |
| Tags: Military, Eurasian Balkans, Politics, Usa, Subscriptions, Baghdad, Congress, David Petraeus, Democrats, Federalism, George W Bush, Harry Reid, Iraq, Iraq War, James Jones, Joseph Biden Jr, Republicans, Ryan Crocker, The Economist, The Surge, Tnr |
| to be Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has to forge a moderate consensus instead of placating antiwar Democrats or embarrassing Republicans and the Bush administration. The long list of lost votes attests to Reid’s failed tactics, and also the value of appeasing antiwar Democrats. The outline of a compromise is possible, and it seems |
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| Reid, Levin, and Reed on Iraq |
| Published: September 12, 2007, 5:58 pm |
| Tags: Harry Reid, Carl Levin, Jack Reed, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, Iraq, Defunding |
| Reid, Levin, and Reed on Iraq In a press conference today, Senators Reid, Levin, and Reed spoke on the Bush/Petraeus plan for Iraq: "The President’s plan is neither a drawdown nor the change in mission we need. His plan is more of the same," Reid said. "This is unacceptable to me. It is unacceptable to the American people. |
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| Harry Reid Responds To Bush Speech |
| Published: September 13, 2007, 10:26 pm |
| Tags: Harry Reid, George W Bush, David Petraeus, Iraq |
| Majority Leader Harry Reid put out the following statement in response to George Bush's latest version of stay the course: Tonight President Bush announced his plan to keep at least 130,000 troops in Iraq indefinitely, demonstrating that he is trying to run out the clock on his failed strategy and leave the hard decisions to the next |
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| NewsBusters Notwithstanding, Mika Says 'Misleading' Bush Speech Made Her 'Mad' |
| Published: September 14, 2007, 7:09 am |
| Tags: Democrats, Iraq War, Surge, George W Bush, Harry Reid, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Nancy Pelosi, Morning Joe, Msnbc, Mrc Nb News, Video |
| Look for Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to be pinning a DNC medal for heroism on Mika Brzezinski. The MSNBC newsreader opened today's "Morning Joe" with an intrepid assault on President Bush, undaunted by the rhetorical fire she knew it would draw from NewsBusters. View video here. JOE SCARBOROUGH: Not a lot of fans, though, in the |
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| Reid: Iraq bills must contain timelines |
| Published: September 18, 2007, 8:03 pm |
| Tags: Harry Reid, Iraq |
| Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying a new approach: He wants to find common ground. "We're working on consensus," Reid said. "We're willing to go halfway with [Republicans] as long as everyone understands that we're not going to do something that's cosmetic in nature." Some Republicans, like presidential candidate John McCain, say |
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