Sen. Harry Reid becomes (gasp!) un-clothed (Update)

According to Rachel Maddow, five and possibly six Democratic Senators will not seek re-election in 2014. Good or bad I find the situation curious.

Long story short and in my opinion, Sen. Harry (I don’t have the votes!)  Reid is and has always been an ineffectual leader. I thought his job was to get the votes for his party by hook or crook. I thought his job was to know how to play the political game for the good of his party. I thought he was supposed to know what he was doing when his colleagues voted for him to be Senate Majority Leader.

I think Harry Reid is for Harry Reid and surely no great friend of the President.

I further think in 2014 when new Democratic Senators are voted into office, they will find themselves just as frustrated and un-productive as their predecessors due to the incompetence of their leader, Harry Reid. I find it hard to wish them well.

I was only able to remember four names from the list Rachel put up: Carl Levin, Jay Rockefeller, Frank Lautenberg and Tom Harkin.
As always,
BB

Democrats face rough Senate terrain
By Ken Thomas and Thomas Beaumont
Excerpt:
WASHINGTON — After a surprising string of victories last fall, Democrats now face a challenging terrain as they look to hold onto their Senate majority in 2014 and prevent Republicans from gaining full control of Congress during President Obama’s final two years.

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Twenty months before the midterm elections, Republicans are laying the groundwork to try to capitalize on the defense-playing Democrats, working to recruit strong candidates in Arkansas, Alaska, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Dakota, and West Virginia — all states carried by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney last year.
Read more at:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2013/03/10/democrats-face-challenging-senate-landscape/vQyxrwiHihM9JKtDm1JtuI/story.html