1.0 link 155080 <![CDATA[Reid Defends Himself From Racism Accusations (VIDEO)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/04/reid-defends-himself-from_n_155080.html Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was forced to defend his support for African-American politicians in a testy exchange with David Gregory on "Meet the Press" Sunday.

In a discussion of Senate appointee Roland Burris, Gregory repeated a claim of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich that the Nevada Senator had opposed three other black potential replaces for President-elect Barack Obama. "He's making it up," Reid said.

Gregory went on to say that people close to Burris were suggesting that "Reid doesn't want an...

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