By Sherman Frederick, The Las Vegas Review Journal
Generally I will avoid dabbling in politics at all costs and instead focus on policy. This is an instance in where I will stray from that a little. I’m fed up with the Senate being a black hole and having a reputation of being where “legislation goes to die.” The Democrats currently have 59 seats to the Republicans 40. Yet any bill that gets through is entirely watered down and many others that should have passed were stopped by Republican for no good reason. I blame Harry Reid. He is an extremely weak leader both for his state and for the country. In 2010 he will fight for his political life. He’s up for election but already polling ten points below his projected Republican challenger even though the primary has yet to happen. He stands far to the right of the Democratic party. Mostly he is meek and a coward. Yet when he actually decides to speak up, he sounds like a bully. His statement to a reporter of a locally respected paper is a perfect example of what happens when he feels the heat and why I won’t be sorry when he’s gone.
http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/56171937.html
