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Reid’s Sorry Performance

Dana Perino gives a review of Harry Reid’s press conference and his “throw-the-dice-on-the-public-option” gambit: His press conference yesterday was a rather sad affair — all by himself, back to square one, with a twinge of... Full Article at Commentary

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  1. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. answers question for members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (R) hugs Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) as during a news conference following the Senate's cloture vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) (L), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (2nd-L), Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT)(C), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) (R) participate in a news conference on health care on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2009 in Washingto...
  4. WASHINGTON, D.C. - JANUARY 20:  White House Press Secretary Dana Perino for President George W. Bush hands out presidential M&Ms to the White House press corps before the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States of America on January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  5. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 16:  White House Spokesperson Dana Perino speaks during a the last daily press briefing of the Bush Administration at the White House January 16, 2008 in Washington, DC. President-elect Barack Obama is set to take the oath of office on January 20.
  6. White House Press Secretary Dana Perino, right, takes some time for some farewell pictures with staff and members of the press corps, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, in the White House pressroom in Washington after her daily briefing. With Perino is Ginny Vicario of ABC.
  7. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 06:  White House Press Secretary Dana Perino (R) gives incomming Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs a tour of the White House Briefing room January 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. On January 20, 2009 Barack Obama will be sworn in as the nation's 44th president.
  8. White House Press Secretary Dana Perino arrives on the south lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, December 15, 2008, upon returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with US President Bush.
  9. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 26:  White House Press Secretary Dana Perino speaks during the daily briefing at the White House September 26, 2008 in Washington, DC.

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