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Harry Reid’s Public-Sector Recession

By Jim Geraghty
Sen. Harry Reid today: “It’s very clear that private-sector jobs are doing just fine. It’s public-sector jobs where we’ve lost huge numbers.” Er . . . no. Most recent number of government . . .

Tags: Harry Reid

NRSC Reminds Us of Democrats’ ‘Welcome to the Recovery’ Comments

By Jim Geraghty
The National Republican Senatorial Committee marks the one-year anniversary of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s “Welcome to the Recovery,” op-ed, as well as a slew of other comments from President Obama, . . .

Tags: Claire McCaskill, Harry Reid, NRSC, President Obama

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Americans: We Don’t Have Much Faith in Anybody Right Now

By Jim Geraghty
I know it will come as an enormous shock to you, but the Washington Post found that Americans don’t have much faith in any figure in Washington to resolve the . . .

Tags: Barack Obama, Eric Cantor, Harry Reid, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi

What Is Bill Clinton Thinking as He Watches Weiner?

By Jim Geraghty
The Wednesday Morning Jolt features a look at Michele Bachmann adviser Ed Rollins’s slam of Sarah Palin and Obama’s argument on the economy, but first . . . what is . . .

Tags: Anthony Weiner, Bill Clinton, Harry Reid

Don’t Worry, World. Fire Marshal Reid Is on the Case.

By Jim Geraghty
From the first Morning Jolt of the week: Don’t Worry, World! Harry Reid’s on this Koran-Burning Thing! Ah. Swell: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told CBS’s Bob Schieffer on Sunday that . . .

Tags: Afghanistan, Harry Reid, Lindsey Graham, Pastor Pyro

How Much NEA and NEH Help Harry Reid’s Cowboy Poetry Festival

By Jim Geraghty
Hmmm. Over in the Corner, Bob Costa and Mark Steyn have great laughs about Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.)’s furious response to proposed spending cuts, lamenting, “The mean-spirited . . .

Tags: Harry Reid

Reid: Republicans Want to Wipe Out All Programs

By Jim Geraghty
The Senate will vote on a two-week Continuing Resolution sometime in the next couple of days. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is, as expected, demagoguing this dispute madly. Moments ago, . . .

Tags: Harry Reid

One’s Named Harry, but the Other Guy Sounds Like Callahan

By Jim Geraghty
Today’s Morning Jolt features a look at how WFB launched Joe Lieberman’s Senate career, Salon’s declaration of “The Vindication of Dick Cheney” — no, really! — and this bit about . . .

Tags: Eric Cantor, Harry Reid

Rory Reid for U.S. House in Nevada?

By Jim Geraghty
Nevada senator Harry Reid’s son, Rory Reid, is thinking of running for Congress in 2012. He lost the Nevada governor’s race in November to Republican Brian Sandoval. Nevada gains a House seat . . .

Tags: Harry Reid, Rory Reid

A Thin Reid Finally Snaps

By Jim Geraghty
In the last Morning Jolt of the week: Harry Reid Finds Himself Omnibusted We’re not used to watching the good guys win in spending fights very much. But last night, that’s just . . .

Tags: Barack Obama, Congressional Republicans, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell

The Democratic Congress, Determined to Go Out With a Bang

By Jim Geraghty
From Wednesday’s edition of the Morning Jolt . . . An Abominable Obamnibus Boy, it wouldn’t be the last gasps of the Democrat-run Congress without one more last-minute avalanche of runaway spending, . . .

Tags: Harry Reid, Jim DeMint

Another ‘Wow’ Poll in a Competitive House District, This Time Nevada

By Jim Geraghty
I mentioned this on Twitter this morning, but if the latest Mason-Dixon poll is accurate, and Republican Joe Heck really does beat incumbent Democrat Dina Titus by 10 points in . . .

Tags: Dina Titus, Harry Reid, Joe Heck, Sharron Angle

Is Harry Reid Toast?

By Jim Geraghty
Number-Cruncher takes a look at Rasmussen’s latest in Nevada and comes to some ebullient and confident conclusions: This race is over. Angle being up 49-45 is a nice number but check out . . .

Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle

For Embattled Incumbents, Those Final Poll Numbers Are Often Painfully Accurate

By Jim Geraghty
Let’s look back at last cycle, focusing on Senate incumbents who were washed out with the wave . . . NC: Elizabeth Dole’s totals in the last few polls: 46, 45, . . .

Tags: Barbara Boxer, Harry Reid, Michael Bennet, Patty Murray

A Missed Opportunity for ‘Hidin’ at the Ritz’!

By Jim Geraghty
I see the NRSC puts out an ad on Harry Reid entitled “Ritz” . . . and I’m just so, so so disappointed there’s no Taco soundtrack. If you’re Reid and . . .

Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle

So Much For Outspending Sharron Angle

By Jim Geraghty
Over on Battle 10, we see news indicating Harry Reid’s “Let’s outspend her and destroy her with attack ads” strategy just took a big hit. Spokesperson Jarrod Agen has just released . . .

Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle

Rasmussen: Angle 50, Reid 46

By Jim Geraghty
Rasmussen sees a little movement: Republican challenger Sharron Angle has now moved to a four-point lead over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada’s bare-knuckles U.S. Senate race. The latest Rasmussen Reports . . .

Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle

Pet Peeve

By Jim Geraghty
Errr . . . yuck: “I’m going to be very honest with you — Chris Coons, everybody knows him in the Democratic caucus. He’s my pet. He’s my favorite candidate,” Reid . . .

Tags: Chris Coons, Harry Reid

Berwick Debuts; Why Didn’t Harry Reid Object to the Recess Appointment?

By Jim Geraghty
Today Donald Berwick, installed by Obama via a recess appointment as the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, gives his first address at a Medicare and Medicaid conference in Washington, . . .

Tags: Harry Reid

President Obama’s ‘Underwater Tour 2010′ Dates Announced

By Jim Geraghty
The AP tells us:  President Barack Obama is coming to a swing state near you this fall. The Democrat known for packing stadiums from coast to coast plans at least four major . . .

Tags: Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Lee Fisher, Ted Strickland

Make Harry Reid Say Something Stupid, Just By Clicking a Mouse

By Jim Geraghty
The Sharron Angle campaign is having way too much fun over there in Nevada. Their latest invention? The Harry Reid soundboard. Jon Ralston is entertained: Now match it with the “Auto-Tune the . . .

Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle

The NRA Will Still Be Heard This Cycle

By Jim Geraghty
Over in the Corner, Kathryn notices the NRA’s non-endorsement of Harry Reid. (Unfortunately, whatever I write on this subject is often attributed to one of my best buddies. So let me . . .

Tags: Charlie Crist, Harry Reid, John Kasich, Sharron Angle, Ted Strickland

No NRA Endorsement for Harry Reid

By Jim Geraghty
The NRA will not be endorsing Harry Reid. NRA Political Victory Fund Director Chris Cox just issued this statement: In the coming days and weeks, the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) . . .

Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle

The Nevada Senate Race Remains Locked in Place: A Dead Heat

By Jim Geraghty
The latest Mason-Dixon poll: Harry Reid 45, Sharron Angle 44. The polls, since the M-D poll showed Reid ahead by 7 and Angle’s big ad campaign began: Reid by 2, Reid . . .

Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle

The Most Tragic Love Story of Our Time

By Jim Geraghty
I think this latest ad from Sharron Angle is a good one, because it’s a little funny, it’s pretty straightforward and hard to refute, and it’s easy to remember. I see it . . .

Tags: Harry Reid, Sharron Angle

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