Harry Reid, he is the boxer
He knows when and where to strike:
"Mitchell was a judge who was extremely courtly and Daschle had this boyish charm, and Reid has this down-to-earth Western style," Baker said. "But all of them are hard as nails."Eric Herzik, a political science professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, said Reid shrewdly picked his spots in opposing the Bush administration.
"On Social Security, he let the president take his case to the American people, and it failed," Herzik said.
Herzik also alluded to President Bush's failed nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. "Reid even suggested her to Bush," Herzik said. "So he didn't spend any political capital on Social Security or Miers."
The Las Vegas Review-Journal has a good article on boxer Reid's first year as Minority Leader. Not bad for a Western Democrat.
Includes some dumb moves by Republicans:
In the Senate, Republican leaders began the year citing the defeat of Reid's predecessor, Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota, as a warning to Democrats not to interfere with the president's agenda.In February, Republicans released a 13-page research document labeling Reid an obstructionist.
"That was a mistake," said a Republican staffer in the Senate who requested anonymity. "Whatever problems Reid might have had in unifying the Democratic caucus ended after that."
And, tons of other good stuff. Read the rest of it.
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We need a serious candidate against Roy Blunt---please take a look at helping---thanks!
We need to help each other out when we can!
BREAKING NEWS---Draft Kreider Hammers Out Challenge
For Immediate Release---For Worldwide Release per internet
Contact: Steven Reed 417-866-4453 citizensforkreider@hotmail.com
Deborah Yeoman 417-865-1711 mswebdeb@yahoo.com
Dallas County Democrat Central Committee has contributed $100 to the Draft Kreider committee and now the Phelps Democratic Central Committee has also just sent $100. “Clearly these two progressive Democrat committees from across Missouri understand the importance of getting Jim Kreider to run for United States Congress. They understand this race has not only Missouri, but National race written all over it!”---says Steven Lloyd Reed of Springfield. “I would like to point out that Phelps county is in central Missouri, Dallas county is in southwest Missouri but it is outside of the 7th Congressional District. This clearly shows that these counties understand the magnitude of this race,” according to Team Captain Coordinator Deborah Yeoman of Springfield.
THE CHALLENGE---The Draft Kreider Committee hereby issues a CHALLENGE to all of Missouri 118 County Democratic committees to meet the $100 benchmark. It is time for the counties and the State Party ran by Roger Wilson to understand how serious this effort is and how many lives that could be effected. It is time to step up to the plate and move this state forward.
“I called all the County Chairs last December and January and they all said that southwest Missouri is hurting the whole state effort to elect Democrats,” according to Reed. Clearly having Jim Kreider who is even liked by Republicans on the ballot in southwest Missouri would cause a higher vote turn out which will help win the Statewide Auditor and United States Senate seat in 2006 and help get the area and state organized for the Governor’s and Presidential race in 2008.
Kansas City and Saint Louis which point southwest when they talk about losing state elections need to jump into this effort right away. Reed saw Jim Kreider while each had a family member in the hospital last month and Jim Kreider said he will see how it all stacks up! Under federal law we can not plan a campaign but a draft committee can talk to the possible candidate about trying to persuade them.
Ian Stirton, a spokesman for the FEC, said there isn’t a ban against members of a political committee meeting and talking with a possible candidate. But a possible candidate shouldn’t talk strategy with such a committee because that could be interpreted as the possible candidate authorizing the drafting effort. In that case, the possible candidate would be acknowledging that he is a candidate and would have to file papers with the commission, Stirton said.
We have created the largest Draft campaign for a Congressperson effort in the history of the United States of America. We have had no Press or Media stories, but what it does show is we do not need the permission of the Press. The people are crying out for change in this country and we are on the move trying to make that happen says Team Captain Coordinator Deborah Yeoman of Springfield. www.draftkreideruscongress.org
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We need a serious candidate against Roy Blunt---please take a look at helping---thanks!
Posted by: Steven Reed | Dec 26, 2005 6:28:38 PM
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