{"id":13357,"date":"2009-01-14T19:47:43","date_gmt":"2009-01-15T02:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2009\/01\/14\/targetting-harry-reid.html"},"modified":"2009-01-14T19:47:43","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T02:47:43","slug":"targetting_harry_reid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/14\/targetting_harry_reid.html","title":{"rendered":"Targetting Harry Reid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evidently, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0109\/17459.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Right is gunning for the Democratic Senate Majority Leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A conservative organization is set to launch an all-out effort aimed at beating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2010.<\/p>\n<p> The American Future Fund Political Action is planning a two-year long offensive against the Democratic leader, who is already a top target of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The organization, stocked with former Mitt Romney presidential campaign operatives, is set to launch its effort this week with a Web -centered fund-raising drive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, they&#8217;re having a few problems finding someone who can credibly run against him.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Even as Republicans talk up their effort to knock off no viable Republican candidates have stepped forward to run. Nevada Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki had announced his interest in a bid, but last fall he came under indictment for his management of a student loan program. Former Rep. Jon Porter, a moderate Republican from suburban Las Vegas, has also been mentioned as a potential candidate, but he lost his congressional seat in the November election.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, I really dislike Reid, too (though I suspect for very different reasons). Maybe if the <em>Dems <\/em>started gunning for him, I might be willing to toss a few dollars their way&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evidently, the Right is gunning for the Democratic Senate Majority Leader. A conservative organization is set to launch an all-out effort aimed at beating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2010"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39772,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/21\/its-more-than-about-time-to-go-nuclear.html","url_meta":{"origin":13357,"position":0},"title":"It&#39;s more than about time to &quot;go nuclear&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 21-Nov-13 2:45pm","format":false,"excerpt":"And, yeah, it could bite the Dems (or, depending on your perspective, the nation) in the butt at such future time as when the GOP takes the Senate again. \u00a0But the system has been willfully broken for the last five years. Let's fix it and move on.Reshared post from +Cynthia\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132533,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/09\/sauce-for-the-gander-advise-and-consent-edition.html","url_meta":{"origin":13357,"position":1},"title":"Sauce for the Gander (Advise and Consent Edition)","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 9-Jan-17 2:47pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sends a list of demands for cabinet nominee review to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.Which happens to be the list of \"reasonable\" and \"traditional\" requests that then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sent to then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2009, with just the names changed.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":45036,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/08\/help-help-im-being-repressed.html","url_meta":{"origin":13357,"position":2},"title":"&quot;Help! Help! I&#8217;m being repressed!&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 8-Sep-14 9:21pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The Daily Caller article manages to bury a single reference in the middle that makes it clear that what's being talked about is financial contributions, not \"free speech\" as most people (besides a slim majority on SCOTUS and corporate lobbying groups) recognize it. To be sure, the Senate Dems are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":133932,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/21\/the-senate-parliamentarian-says-the-senate-gop-health-bill-needs-60-votes-not-50.html","url_meta":{"origin":13357,"position":3},"title":"The Senate Parliamentarian says the Senate GOP health bill needs 60 votes, not 50","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 21-Jul-17 6:12pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The Senate has an elaborate interlocking set of rules that dictate how and in what ways it conducts business and passes bills. For most legislation, for example, the Senate must vote to close debate on the bill. 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