Harry Reid: ‘I Will Be Blunt. I Want Alan Grayson To Lose.’

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Harry Reid: ‘I Will Be Blunt. I Want Alan Grayson To Lose.’
The Senate minority leader is raising funds to stop Grayson after their fight last week.
05/16/2016 05:03 pm ET | Updated 9 hours ago

Amanda Terkel
Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was unusually candid about his feelings toward Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) in a fundraising appeal for Grayson’s Senate opponent.

“I will be blunt. I want Alan Grayson to lose,” Reid wrote in an email sent out Monday.

In case anyone isn’t clear about where Reid stands, the subject line of the email reads: “I want Grayson to lose.”

Grayson is competing for Florida’s Democratic Senate nomination against Rep. Patrick Murphy, who is supported by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and much of the party establishment. The Senate seat is currently held by Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who has said he won’t run for re-election.

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On this news, I plan to double my efforts for Alan. Act blue DU for Grayson link here: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/duforgrayson

[merrily]

1. Reid's unwonted candor may be a surprise, but his position is not.

[Art_from_Ark]

2. Has Harry Reid done *anything* useful

while going through the motions of Majority/Minority Leader?

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3. He had a couple of useful moments that saved his behind in my

mind...but for life of me, I can't remember what they were. He was the most lame leader I can remember in some time.

[merrily]

4. Welllll....His job is to do his best to (1) assure the members of his caucus

get re-elected; (2) pass legislation party leaders want passed; and (3) block legislation party leaders don't want passed.

He has been pretty darn good at those three tasks or they would not keep re-electing him as leader. He is, IMO, genius at strategy as to (2) and (3).

His job is not to make sure liberal voters are happy with the results of his performance. We are not his constituency in his capacity as Party leader. Even the people of Nevada are not. Party leaders and caucus members are. The people of Nevada are his constituency in his capacity as Senator.

Unfortunately, for us, the conventional wisdom as to (1) is that you never lose an election because of a bill that does not pass, only because of bills that do. For example, the SCOTUS is taking all the heat for no voting rights bill, but the SCOTUS decided that Congress had to look at current data if it wanted a voting rights bill, not just keep renewing the old one based on fact-finding from 50 years ago. In any case, the incentive is not to pass any potentially controversial legislation, which of course, is exactly what conservatives want to see--except for the laws they'd like repealed.

Somehow, we have to shift the perception that getting re-elected is their main job.

[deepestblue]

5. Thanks for telling actual progressives who to support n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. That means - DONATE TO GRAYSON! If Reid doesn't want him, we DO! Donate! Donate! Donate!

TPTB think they can pick and choose who WE THE PEOPLE want in our government. Murphy was hand-picked by Schumer and Senate Dems. They're become a bunch if AUTHORITARIAN THUGS! We can't let them win.

They work for US! It's OUR TAX DOLLARS that pays their UNEARNED salaries!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[stillwaiting]

7. We knew Harry. We knew. Better a Republican. nt

[Waiting For Everyman]

8. That inspires me to donate again to Grayson.

Along with Sanders, I always like to donate on election days.

Go Bernie!

Go Grayson! and a great big

GO KENTUCKY! You can do this! And

Go Oregon!

Harry needs to go crawl back under the rock he slithered out from.

Thanks for posting this, silvershadow, I haven't checked my email in a while.

[TBF]

9. As I've said before

Alan's not my favorite, but he's better than the alternative. I still donate to him on occasion and have recently.

[disillusioned73]

11. Harry Reid =

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16. +1

[SmittynMo]

12. Dem vs Dem?

Have we lost our minds?

Note to self: I would take Grayson over Reid any day.

[Plucketeer]

15. Oh BABY!!!

Can you IMAGINE Grayson in Reid's position. Shit would GET DONE - majority or not. And he would fillet those recalcitrant Rethugs SO BAD with his verbal cutlery, that they'd leave town en mass! And yet Mr. I love you Mitch -

[Jude the Obscure]

13. Let us grant his wish and elect Grayson.

What, you think I'm going to endorse Patrick Murphy? You're insane.

[1monster]

14. But Harry Reid doesn't have a vote on this issuue...

And I'm getting a bit tired of those who, rightfully do not have a say on issues, trying to stonghand the outcome with their influence.

Harry Reid couldn't find his spine through most of his leadership position, but he can find it now to denigrate a man who never misplaced his?