Harry Reid And The Stimulus
February 9th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
Not the majority leader’s finest hour
If it wasn’t painfully obvious already, it became quite clear this week that Harry Reid prefers playing partisan politics to passing substantive legislation.
The majority leader on Thursday used the proposed economic stimulus package to try to embarrass vulnerable Senate Republicans, in the process delaying potential refund checks to millions of Americans.
In the end, Sen. Reid was forced into a humiliating retreat, but not before he relished plenty of time in front of the microphones portraying the opposition as hostile to old folks and disabled veterans.
