When Reid was elected head of Senate Dems, there was a great deal of kwetching around these parts. I stayed neutral, waiting to see him in action. As I've said over and over again, I'm not an ideological Dem, but a partisan one. An important distinction.
It's been about a month into the Reid regime, and given by the multitude of "mea culpa" diaries out there, Reid has won this place over. The fact that an anti-abortion moderate-to-conservative Democrat from Nevada has got this place buzzing is proof that we don't seek "far-left" Dems, but Democrats who are proud of their party and stand for something, be it basic human rights or social security.
The GOP can brook no dissent, and thus are seeking to "Daschle" Reid. (Link is subscription only.)
The Republican National Committee is set to begin a prolonged attack against newly installed Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) aimed at weakening his support in his home state as well as on the national level.
Drawing on a blueprint used successfully against former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), the RNC will send a 13-page research document today to roughly 1 million people -- a group that includes journalists, donors and grass-roots activists -- detailing Reid's alleged obstructionism among other topics.
"This is the initial salvo in the upcoming discussion that we are going to be having with Sen. Reid," said RNC Communications Director Brian Jones.
Reid fires back:
Reid himself makes no apologies for opposing Bush and Congressional Republicans on Social Security, judges and the nomination of Alberto Gonzales to be attorney general.
"We have a Constitution and this is not a parliamentary form of government we have, certainly not any type of a despotic government," Reid said in a brief interview last week. "The Constitution was set up by the Founding Fathers to make sure there are checks and balances, and we are that. I think the country is well served by having us slow what the president is trying to do."
Nevada is not South Dakota. Reid is not Daschle. The same strategy won't work.
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