{"id":5577,"date":"2011-08-10T02:42:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T09:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5577"},"modified":"2011-08-10T02:42:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T09:42:52","slug":"reid-screws-the-pooch-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/10\/reid-screws-the-pooch-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Reid Screws the Pooch Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my writing, I frequently use satire to make my point and often make up satirical nicknames to illustrate failings.  Two are the Nevada Leg Hound and BARF.  The Nevada Leg Hound is Harry Reid, because of his propensity to hump Republican legs, whining for votes and rolling over to play dead when he doesn\u2019t get them.  BARF stands for Baucus Against Real Fairness, earned for selling out to Big Insurance during the HCR debate.  I am saddened to report that the two have come together in a most unfortunate way.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"10super\"In the first of what will be a closely watched selection process for a powerful new deficit panel<\/a>, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he will appoint Democratic Sens. Patty Murray (Wash.), Max Baucus (Mont.) and John Kerry (Mass.) as his three choices for a super committee<\/strong> charged with finding more than $1 trillion in spending cuts by the end of this year.<\/p>\n

Murray will serve as co-chair of the 12-member panel. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will select her co-chair and two other panelists, as required by the next debt limit agreement signed into law by President Barack Obama last week. Minority Leaders Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell will each select three additional members.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Joint Select Committee has been charged with forging the balanced, bipartisan approach to deficit reduction that the American people, the markets and rating agencies like Standard and Poor\u2019s are demanding,\u201d Reid said in a statement. \u201cTo achieve that goal, I have appointed three senators who each posses an expertise in budget matters, a commitment to a balanced approach and a track record of forging bipartisan consensus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reid\u2019s three picks are intended to show the Nevada Democrat is serious about forging a bipartisan deal<\/strong> to head off $1.2 trillion in spending cuts required under the debt deal… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Both Murray and Kerry are moderates, and BARF is a total Dino.<\/font><\/p>\n

Keith Olbermann discusses these appointments with Political Reporter Nia-Malika Henderson on Countdown<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n