Posted on 02/10/2015 11:30:08 AM PST by cotton1706
Sen. Harry Reid summoned dozens of staffers to the Senate’s Mansfield Room Tuesday and delivered a clear message: He’s running for reelection next year.
The comments are in part aimed at putting to rest growing speculation inside the Senate that the 75-year-old Nevada Democrat — badly hurt from a painful injury to his right eye — would call it quits after nearly three decades in the chamber. The Senate minority leader faces what could be a difficult reelection race next year, plus his would-be successors are ready to run the Democratic Caucus the moment he calls it quits.
But Reid told roughly 50 aides at an unusual all-staff briefing just off the Senate floor that he is definitely running in 2016, prompting a round of applause, according to attendees. And in a brief interview with POLITICO, Reid made clear that he’s directed his top political aide, Rebecca Lambe, to continue hiring senior-level staff, including a campaign manager.
“I talked to Rebecca this week, they are still interviewing people, the answer is yes,” Reid said when asked if he was 100 percent committed to running.
Asked if there was anything that could change his mind, Reid said: “I’m running. You asked a question that has no answer. I’m going to run.”
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He said he wasn’t and his mob handlers beat the crap out of him till he changed his mind
Good for him.
Better for us.
He’s still on meds.
The senile doddering old fool doesn't know he's senile.
Dead Eye the one eyed Senator...
Great to hear he’s running.
Away, right?
Like a dog returns to his vomit, a fool returns to his folly.
Should make for an interesting race.
Ugh - Is he also going to run on the Pirate Party ticket as well. Since he is qualified now.
i dont know if he will survive til then... he is looking pretty bad these days
and another 6 years????
I hope the Bundy Ranch debacle comes back to bite him, big time. Reid is a despicable man and represents everything wrong with the corrupt Washington DC and big government.
CGato
of course he is. he’ll spend very little of the campaign contributions and walk away with a nice bonus when he loses.
Second here LOL!
He probably would bounce back
he is Zsa Zsa of US Senate seriously LOL!
Sitting here reading this when I saw this and burst out laughing.
Oh, dear God, Freepers, gotta love ‘em.
No need to insult our canine companions by comparing them to the cyclops here.
Besides, dogs eat their vomit because they are efficient and scavengers. Nothing is wasted.
Completely unlike the Senate’s former Pirate King and the democratic party as a whole. Waste is their middle name.
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