John Kerry Bashes Politico, Huffington Post While Calling Harry Reid 'Lazarus'

[onehandle]

Source: CQ Politics

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) tonight held nothing back when congratulating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for managing to survive a tough reelection bid tonight.

Here's Kerry statement:

"Politico was wrong, Huffington Post was wrong, hell, all the pundits were wrong. Harry Reid isn't just Dracula, he isn't just Lazarus, he's our Leader and our whole caucus is thrilled that he's unbreakable and unbeatable."

Read more: http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/eyeon2010/2010/11/john-kerry-bashes-politico-huf.html

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Great Statement!

[LostinRed]

1. I rather have a different Majority Leader

but as a former resident of Nevada I'm very, very, very happy he beat Angle she is simply nuts.

[roguevalley]

2. I'm glad he won too but as for Kerry, YAWN. Go away, John,

and take your little fisticuffs with you. You are too little too late to impress me.

[wisteria]

3. Still reliving the past I see. Why don't you get over it YAWN! N/T

[BlueIris]

6. Some will never get over it, I'm afraid. Sad and pitiful as that is.

They're going to be seeing an awful lot of JK for the foreseeable future.

[JI7]

7. there are many of us who love him , you aren't the only one that matters

[harmonicon]

13. Go away? So you want two Republican senators from MA? nt

[politicasista]

21. **crickets** n/t

[Arkana]

33. John Kerry's one of the last great liberal voices in the Senate

and you are blind if you can't see that. I'm one of his constituents and I'm extremely proud of him--and we plan to keep reelecting him for as long as he wants the job.

[wisteria]

4. A great statement and the win is a huge bright spot in an otherwise sad night.

We lost some good people tonight, but we still have the Senate and as much as the pundits and the Repubs tried, tey didn't get Reid. So, this is not the big tidal wave the pudits and Repubs were expecting.

[leftynyc]

20. When you consider the amount

of money that was poured into defeating Reid and Boxer, it is very sweet they both survived.

[YvonneCa]

27. And California actually did really...

...well. We kept Boxer (yaaaay! no Fiorina) and re-elected Jerry Brown :7 and kept Meggie from buying our election. We shot down Prop 23 which would have stopped AB32 on the environment (which is GREAT and will make Al Gore smle :)). AND...we elected a Supt. of Public Instruction who will work WITH the CTA to improve education in California.

Turnout was HIGH...and not just by the Tea Party. I do REALLY feel bad about Russ Feingold, though.

[Hissyspit]

5. @KatrinaNation Latinos came out for Harry Reid. Angle demonized them and she paid the price. They're

@KatrinaNation Latinos came out for Harry Reid. Angle demonized them and she paid the price. They're 25% of the voters!

via Twitter

[No Elephants]

17. Yep. Unions played a huge role, too.

[laughingliberal]

8. Big K & R! nt

[Thornleylv]

9. I called it

way to go harry

[Enthusiast]

10. I'm happy Harry Reid won.

But he is the very image of weakness.

[JI7]

11. he won a very tough race , there was nothing weak about how he did in this election

[harmonicon]

14. Nothing weak? It was a strong victory?

He was facing an actual insane person. Not someone who has wild ideas, but someone who is completely unhinged; someone who thought it was a compliment to tell a group of hispanic students that some of them looked asian to her. Against that crazy person he just barely won. He shouldn't have even had to campaign.

[No Elephants]

18. A crazy person whose end game consisted of refusing to answer any questions.

[ccinamon]

12. I find him very weak as majority leader...do you think

the overall losses of dems will spur the rest of them to get with it and actually stand-up and fight back against the repubs? I'm not sure if they will, or if they will CAVE IN more often!

[JI7]

15. i don't really know what that means, Feingold and Gryason lost

things are different in each state and district. everyone isn't going to win/lose for the same reasons.

[No Elephants]

16. Dracula? Gee, thanks, John.

[karynnj]

25. That was kind of not the best choice - but the spirit of the entire

message is fantastic.

[groundloop]

19. I'm damned glad Reid beat the teabagger, but feel it's time for a new Majority Leader

Maybe Al Franken for Majority Leader?

[karynnj]

22. He has been there for only a year and a half

He is far too junior. Other than the fact that he is - obviously - the funniest Senator, why woul you expect that he should be the majority leader?

[XemaSab]

30. What we need is a public spokesperson for the house and the senate

Someone other than the majority leader to get up and tell the public what's going on.

Franken would be great for that role.

[karynnj]

31. We need several spokespeople - speaking to several target groups

Franken is very good for the Jon Steward crowd - which is huge. We need to have that group behind us and voting. The Sunday talk shows are important, but they reach fewer and mostly different people. There, we need articulate leaders who can speak of complicated matters in such a way that they are more understandable, but not by ignoring that they are complicated - two of the best on those shows are Durbin and Kerry.

[ramapo]

23. An awful leader

I would hope the Dems go with somebody else but I bet they do not

[PBass]

24. The Huff Post kinda sucks IMO, but for completely different reasons

Half the articles there are stupid gossipy entertainment news garbage, and they take a Drudge-like approach to their headlines, and they are light on policy content but heavy on the 'horse race' crap. To begin with.

IMO

[karynnj]

26. Totally agree - it could be because they really do not even attempt to be real journalism

most of the time. I agree with your assessment. The few "serious" articles they have are never fact checked. High school newspapers hold their journalists to higher standards.

[rayofreason]

28. If Reid is Lazarus...

..who is Jesus?

[karynnj]

32. The voters of Nevada? who would have thought that?

[XemaSab]

29. He isn't JUST Dracula

He's so much more than that. :P