This just in from the no sh*# Sherlock department, Harry Reid is backing away from the Democrats plan to add millions of new constituents pass compressive immigration reform.
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) backed away from a major push on immigration reform, conceding that the issue may be too volatile for an election year agenda already packed with ambitious legislative plans…
“We have a lot of work to do,” Reid said. “We won’t get to immigration reform this work period. We won’t get to the Supreme Court justice this weekend. We have lots of things to do and I’ve spent most of the caucus today [discussing with my members] the things we have to do and how we’re going to do them.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham, the leading Republican negotiator over immigration reform, also said emphatically Tuesday that Congress won’t be able to pass a comprehensive bill this year.
“Immigration is going nowhere this year,” the South Carolina Republican said Tuesday.
Yeah, they have a lot to do alright. They still have to find out exactly what was in the Healthcare bill, they have to lie to their constituents about how much it will cost and how awesome it is. I’m guessing the mythological Blue Dogs don’t want to touch this issue with a ten-foot pole. Their reelection odds are already dwindling, pass something as unpopular as immigration reform and we could indeed see a veto-proof House and control of the Senate for Republicans.
I also find it deliciously ironic that this will probably end up hurting Reid the most. There is virtually no chance that Reid is going to win reelection any way, but pissing off the huge Latino minority in Nevada by not even addressing the issue isn’t going to help is cause much. If the Latinos stay home this fall the GOP candidate can pretty much start planning their victory party right now (Reid now polls just 39% of Nevadans and both GOP contenders are over 50%)
Reid claims to have 56 senators on board for immigration reform. If that’s really the case why not put it up for a vote? What could possibly go wrong?
April 13th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Wow, I cannot believe the bull sh1t that came out of this man’s mouth. He is definitely not getting re-elected. As a Latino, I know that immigration reform is very critical to Latino voters. They will definitely not vote for Dem. this time around. Good luck at getting re-elected a$$hole. You just pissed off a group of a growing minority. GOP is getting just what they wanted. This was their only Dem. chance and they f’d up.
April 14th, 2010 at 7:27 am
Bryan,
I didn’t read Reid mentioning that immigration reform was “going nowhere” anywhere in your article. In fact it is Graham who says “Immigration is going nowhere this year”.
How do you justify such inaccurate reporting?
Your article title demands an apology, a new title, and a reprint.
If this is what you call journalism please flush the rest of your inflammatory and inaccurate articles down the toilet where all real sh1t goes.
April 14th, 2010 at 7:52 am
Newfangled.
You’re right, Reid didnt say that exactly, but he might as well of. His statement was simply an extended version of telling Latinos that you’re being put on the back burner.
“Reid claims to have 56 senators on board for immigration reform. If that’s really the case why not put it up for a vote? What could possibly go wrong?”
Maybe hes full of sht or making deals with cons on healthcare ?
April 14th, 2010 at 10:07 am
According to a Zogby poll in February, Americans of Hispanic extraction oppose “immigration reform” (amnesty) by a margin of 52 to 34%.
April 14th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
First of all Newfangled, I demand an apology for calling me a journalist. In no way have I pretended to be a journalist, you insult my good name by lumping me in with that profession.
Second, Reid says “We won’t get to immigration reform this work period.” My title doesn’t claim to quote Reid, it captures the essence of what Reid says.
As far as Graham goes, he’s the most RINOish of the RINOs.
April 15th, 2010 at 8:45 am
Bryan,
You “capture” the essence of Mr. Reid’s words? Capture is not the right word “imprison” is better suited to your rationale. Your deception is laughable; dare I say “******”? Two plus two does not equal five. Did mommy Palin say it was all right to plagiarize and lie? How are them death panels working out for you?
You have taken Reid’s quote and used it out of context. The last time I checked a colon after a name denotes that whatever comes after the colon (title, idea, or quote) originates or has a connection to the person before the colon. Changing the rules to suit your duplicitous agenda is akin to theft. Admit it you used Graham’s words and substituted his words for Reids. In other words: you lied.
As for RINO’s, and the cabal of equivocating idiots who comprise the conservative/republican party, you righties won’t have to unpack your soft brain tissue. Remember, critical thinking from your side of the political aisle is not required. I do not look forward to the half-truths, outright lies, and fasc1st propaganda that will shortly be coming from your side in the misinformation orgy the right oligarchy deems “financial reform”.
Do us all a favor, change the title and then stop writing.
April 15th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Bryan:
Newfangled is correct. Your article has ‘misleading’ title. To any person with some reading and writing sense, it infers that Reid said that. He may have said similar, but your article ‘quotes’ Reid. So accept what Newfangled says and fix it.
April 15th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Nah, no need to change it. If you listen/read to what Reid said its basically what hes saying.
The quotation marks that bug all you people are just a representation of the lefts pedantic PC hangups.
I got it, I saw the title, read the article, told myself “yeah, thats basically whats Reid is saying”
Let me guess, whats next ? Attack my lack of academia ?
My sanity ? Take my meds ?
Fricking liberals worry about the most irrelevant sht.
April 15th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
There are some seriously up-tight ppl on this thread. Chill out and read the article. ‘misleading’ title?? Have you read the media arm of the Obama Administration? Go get your panties in a wad at the NYT and then come back and talk to us about misleading titles and completely made-from-whole-cloth articles.