Why I Think Harry Reid is a Tool

Just one more reason why I continue to find Harry Reid to be a poor leader for the Democrats in the Senate:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that liberal groups targeting moderate Democrats with ads should back off, saying pressure from the left wing of his party won't be helpful to enacting legislation.

"I think it's very unwise and not helpful," Reid said Friday morning. "These groups should leave them alone. It's not helpful to me. It's not helpful to the Democratic Caucus."

Reid, who said he hadn't seen or heard the ads, added that "most of [the groups] run very few ads -- they only to do it to get a little press on it."

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Democrats' biggest enemy right now is themselves. Comments like this from Reid and the inexplicable* formation of the Conservadem Caucus are giving me the distinct impression that some people in Congress are looking to yet again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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* - Thanks to reader Gherald L. Upon further reflection, I realized the formation of the Conservadems was totally explicable (yes, that's a word).