Harry Reid tired of stall tactics on benefits to vulnerable families

Go get ‘em, Harry.

(See press release below)

I love Reid’s tough new tone, but unfortunately, it needs to come with a sharp stick with which to poke Ben Nelson (D-Neb), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo), Jim Webb (D-Va) and Mark Warner (D-Va). Actually, Reid should do more than poke them, he should draw blood.

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Arlen Specter changing parties! I can’t say that I’m terribly surprised however, since he’s long been dissatisfied with the move by the neo-cons to the far, far right and the anything goes expansion of executive powers. From my own perspective, Arlen Specter has been one of the few Republicans that I couldn’t quite dislike or dismiss out of hand. I admired him - albeit grudgingly at times. When he was diagnosed with cancer, I felt an immediate kinship, since he really seemed to ‘get it.’

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