In a private conversation reported in the book, Reid described Obama as a "light-skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."
Reid apologized to Obama on Saturday, and the president issued a statement accepting the apology and saying the matter was closed.
On Monday, On White House Chief of Staff Rahm
"He knows Harry Reid, he trusts Harry Reid," Emanuel said. "Harry Reid has — absolutely — the confidence of the president and the rest of the Democratic caucus to do the job that he needs to do as Senate majority leader and as senator of Nevada."
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So what we have here is Republicans thanking God for Harry Reids stupid comments coming out this week. The comments in my opinion were just describing who Obama is and I don't believe they were said with malice or were racially offensive. With elections coming up and HC being debated, Repubs are backed in a corner and running scared, so what do they do when they are in this situation? Run off at the mouth, calling for Reid to step down even after Obama has accepted his apology and Senate Democrats accepting the apology as sincere. If you can stomach Cornyns remarks here you will hear typical Republican whining, it's really starting to sound like a pathetic broken record. Lets move on GOP, it ain't gonna work. If Reid loses his seat in the Fall thats fine, but step down over this?? NO WAY!
