Harry Reid, Howard Dean Culpable In Anti-Muslim Stabbing Says Non-Profit Group

Harry Reid, Howard Dean Culpable In Anti-Muslim Stabbing Says Non-Profit Group – A non-profit progressive group that has been vocal of their support of the Islamic cultural center set to be built near Ground Zero has called out several prominent Democrats, accusing them of enabling and encouraging the Islamaphobia that led to the stabbing of a New York cabby earlier this week.

The Agenda Project accused Howard Dean and Harry Reid, both major players on the side of the Democrats, of fueling the anti-Muslim sentiment that may have led to the stabbing of a cab driver, which many believe was a hate crime sparked by the recent anger over the planned building of the Cordoba House.

They are among several other people who are more commonly accused of bias against Muslim-Americans, such as Newt Gingrich, John McCain, and Sarah Palin.
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Obama Focuses on Harry Reid 2010 Re-Election

Obama Focuses on Harry Reid 2010 Re-Election – The White House and several other allied campaign committees were working long hours in order to compile a list of midterm campaigns to be prioritized. However, the actual decision process had little debate over which race would be their top priority, specifically regarding the re-election of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. His re-election has been a long and drawn out fight in Nevada and seeing the Democrat’s approval ratings started to fall there were reasons to worry.
However, one part operative writes, “He’s the goddamn leader.” This statement put the situation very clear that the Senate and the Democratic Party will protect its leaders.
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Climate Bill vs Immigration Reform

Climate Bill vs Immigration Reform – The energy and climate legislation was supposed to be unveiled Monday, but was not be because of a disagreement regarding immigration reform. The bill has received a lot of attention from Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) in recent weeks. The trio have attempted to attract votes from both sides of the aisle in an effort to avoid a Senate filibuster. The bill has been referred to by many as the “tri-partisan” bill, because Lieberman recently declared himself an independent.
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Harry Reid Racist Comments:What Did Harry Reid Say?

Harry Reid Racist Comments:What Did Harry Reid Say? – Harry Reid Racist comments towards Obama are creating a lot of heat for the Senate Majority Leader.

Michael Steele and many other Republicans are calling for Reid to step down for his racially insensitive comments.The RNC Chairman said on “Fox News Sunday”:

“I think he should,There is a standard where Democrats think they can say these things and apologize when it comes from the mouth of their own. But if it comes from anyone else, it’s racism. It’s either racist or it’s not. And it’s inappropriate, absolutely. So if the standard is the one we saw with Trent Lott as leader at the time, then I think this absolutely falls in that category here. … Remember, this is the same leader who just a few weeks ago was talking about health care in the context of slavery. Clearly he is out of touch.”

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Harry Reid To Barack Obama:Sorry For No Negro Dialect Remark‎

Harry Reid To Barack Obama:Sorry For No Negro Dialect Remark‎ – Harry Reid has learned the hard way that you should probably not use the words Negro,light skinned and Obama in the same sentence.On Saturday Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has publicly apologized to president for a comment he made during the 2008 election.

According to the book “Game Change” by Time Magazine’s Mark Halperin and New York magazine’s John Heilemann, Reid described Barack Obama as a “light skinned” African-American “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one” – would help rather than hurt his eventual presidential bid.Obama accepted, the apology bu saying:
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Public Option Health Care Plan:Harry Reid Reform Compromise

Public Option Health Care Plan:Harry Reid Reform Compromise – Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid emerged from the Capitol this evening with some breaking news that will one way or another affect the nation.Reid told reporters that after six days of intense negotiations they have finally struck a tentative agreement to replace the controversial government-run insurance plan aka public option in their version of health-care legislation.He said:

“We have a broad agreement.Tonight, we’ve overcome a real problem that we had.”

Reid explained that the decision will please President Obama.

Harry Reid Public Option Announcement

Harry Reid Public Option Announcement – Harry Reid is a hero or a traitor depending on which side of the political aisle you stand.Earlier today Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a bit of surprising announcement when he revealed that the health insurance bill,he will be bringing to the Senate floor in the upcoming days will include a public health insurance option that individual states could decline to participate in aka opt-out public option.He said:

“I’ve concluded –with the support of the White House, Senators Dodd and Baucus — that the best way to move forward is to include a public option with the opt-out provision for states.The public option, with an opt-out, is the one that’s fair.”

Reid added:
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Public Option On Table For Nancy Pelosi And Harry Reid?

Public Option On Table For Nancy Pelosi And Harry Reid? – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is apparently getting her message across and the public option is back on the table.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is signaling that he has enough votes to get the public option in the health care reform bill that he will bring to the full Senate in the coming weeks.According to ABC:
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