Is Harry Reid turning his lemon into lemon aid?

[IsItJustMe]

Like it or not, race does play an important role in our politics. Symbolism also plays a very important role in our politics, and a black person, who would be the only black person in the senate (Burris), taking another black persons seat (Obama), is highly symbolic. It is what it is.

Now I see that Harry wants to put Burris’s acceptance to the senate in front of the full senate for a full senate vote.

I get this picture in my head of all of the Republican Senators voting against Burris, while the Democrats voting for him. Not a good picture for the good old boys from mostly the south.

Politics is stranger than fiction.

[w4rma]

1. Reid is a very smart and tactful politician. He's also ethical. (nt)

[IsItJustMe]

5. Yes, I am sure Harry is above all that.

:sarcasm:

[DrDan]

6. well - so why does he ignore the lack of ethics with his peers?

He seems to think that Ted Stephens has suffered enough - even though he broke the law and was convicted.

[donco6]

2. Reid's lemons dried up long ago. n/t

[Blarch]

3. Reid IS a lemon

[Danger Mouse]

4. I'd like to puree his lemons and serve them to him in a glass.

[Cha]

9. Nowww

:P

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. Problem with that theory is that it is the republicans who are insisting

that Reid follow the law and seat the guy, and the Dems who are painting Burris as 'tainted' by Blagojevich.

[marimour]

8. yep.

Republicans will vote yes on Burris and the Democrats who don't will look like the racists, not them.