Harry Reid

March 24, 2013 — Paul Mirengoff

Sixth-grader status might not seem so bad to Dianne Feinstein now

Featured image When Ted Cruz raised with Dianne Feinstein the question of the constitutionality of legislation she was proposing, the Senator from California reacted testily, stating that she is not a sixth-grader. I would have thought that, if anything, Cruz’s attempt to engage her in a discussion about the Constitution showed respect for Sen. Feinstein. Too often, Feinstein (a non-lawyer) has marginalized herself as a Judiciary Committee member by opting to play »
November 26, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff

The “nuclear option,” then and now

Featured image I don’t recall any of us commenting on the plan of Senate Democrats to reform, and perhaps end, the filibuster. But Harry Reid and his crew seem prepared to push for major changes in the filibuster come January. If they do, it will trigger quite a battle and probably extinguish whatever chances exist for cooperation between congressional Democrats and Republicans. It isn’t clear just what Reid has in mind. One »
November 3, 2012 — Steven Hayward

When Henry Met Harry

Featured image So Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he “can’t work with Romney.”   This ham-fisted campaigning has to rank as an all time low for Dingy Harry.  Has there ever been a worse guttersnipe in a Senate leadership position before? Which got me to thinking: what would Henry Louis (H.L.) Mencken have made of Harry Reid?  Mencken didn’t like politicians as a class, and they always brought out his most acid »
September 25, 2012 — Steven Hayward

RVP at an All Time High

Featured image Little did I know that just days after my post on “Reid Vapid Pressure,” Harry Reid would sink to an all time low, even for him.  Yesterday Reid said on a media conference call that Romney had “sullied” Mormonism.  Reid said he agreed with a Puffington Host columnist that “[Romney] is not the face of Mormonism.” Normally I do not spend much time evaluating the fidelity of people who belong »
September 21, 2012 — Steven Hayward

Photo of the Week

Featured image “Reid Vapor Pressure” (RVP) is a technical term integral to petroleum engineering that refers to the volatility of gasoline at various ambient temperatures.  The U.S. Senate’s “Reid Vapid Pressure” (S-RVP) refers to the intellectual volatility of the Senate majority leader from Nevada; it measures the ratio of his IQ to ambient room temperature.  I am reliably informed that the S-RVP ratio is always well below 1.0. In any case, the »
August 13, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff

Harry Reid promotes crony capitalism, with Chinese cronies

Featured image The Washington Free Beacon reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been working to secure sweetheart deals for Chinese green energy firms. Specifically, Reid reportedly has been pulling strings behind the scenes on behalf of ENN Mojave Energy, a Nevada subsidiary of the Chinese-owned ENN Group. After more than two years of secret negotiations beginning in 2009, lawmakers in Clark County, Nevada agreed to sell 9,000 acres of public »
August 5, 2012 — John Hinderaker

Is Harry Reid the Nancy Pelosi of 2012?

Featured image In 2010, Nancy Pelosi became a campaign issue that helped to nationalize House races. Because of her lack of ability, her extremism and her personal unlikability, Pelosi became, and remains, deeply unpopular with the American people. So in many House races, Republican candidates used the fact that Democratic opponents had voted for Pelosi as Speaker, or intended to do so, against them. It is beginning to appear that Harry Reid »
August 3, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff

The Senator Harry Reid wants most to protect

Featured image I have offered my take on the Senate battlefield, but Harry Reid’s view is worth far more than mine. And from what I’m hearing, the Senate Majority Leader is fixated on the Montana race, in which the incumbent Democrat Jon Tester is trying to hold off challenger Rep. Denny Rehberg. There isn’t much Reid can do right now by way of passing legislation or even getting judicial nominees confirmed this »
August 2, 2012 — Paul Mirengoff

Is Harry Reid a racist?

Featured image Mitt Romney isn’t the only recent target of vicious language by Harry Reid. In an interview with the Huffington Post, the Senate Majority Leader called Bill Magwood “one of the most unethical, prevaricating, incompetent people I’ve ever dealt with.” Reid went on to say that Magwood is a “treacherous, miserable liar.” He added that he considers Magwood “a first class rat” and a “sh*t stirrer.” Who is Bill Magwood, and »