Harry Reid on the NewsHour. Why is he The Leader?

[omega minimo]

:shrug:

He may be a good policymaker (I don't know). Please fill us in on why this man is the Senate Minority Leader?

:patriot:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

1. Wait. What Are You Complaining About?

You really didn't quite elaborate on what your issue is.

[aquaman]

2. Huh?

[bunkerbuster1]

3. No, Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker.

Well, she's going to be.

[Roxy66]

4. He makes me yawn too...sorry

:boring: :shrug:

[AlCzervik]

5. um last i checked he was the senate minority leader unless he hopped

on over to the house and replaced Dennis Hastert. OMG the election is over already and we won!! WE WON WE WON!!!

[aquaman]

7. Ha...good one. nt

[Roxy66]

9. LOL

:rofl:

[El Supremo]

6. The Speaker of the House is Dennis Hastert.

Reid is the Minority Leader.

And I bet he knows the words of the National Anthem.

[omega minimo]

15. "And I bet he knows the words of the National Anthem"

:rofl:

[bdamomma]

19. even we know the words to the National Anthem, we could

probably take over Hastert's job!!

[SharonAnn]

8. He is the Senate Minority Leader. He's the one who brought Jeffords

out of the GOP camp and let the Dems have the Senate majority for a while in 2001-2002.

He's actually very, very good at what he does. He gets the Democratic senators to work together on things and that's not easy.

The only thing that's a problem on TV is that his voice is soft and he's not a jerk. So he's not a loud, pontificating, *ss.

[omega minimo]

12. OIC. Very different skills, not both in one package?

"He's actually very, very good at what he does. He gets the Democratic senators to work together on things and that's not easy."

That's something.

"The only thing that's a problem on TV is that his voice is soft and he's not a jerk. So he's not a loud, pontificating, *ss."

It seems the voice is not as much a problem (except combined with) as the delivery-- It's surprising that when Dems have a high visibility media spot, the message is soft-pedaled. The Repukes are making much of this "Democrats don't have a messge" thing-- and getting the public to repeat the charge like Dittoheads.

Tonight might have been the time for some stronger statements.

[bdamomma]

20. he's not loud at all, very soft spoken man, I wonder if he

carries a big stick!!!!!!

[omega minimo]

21. Here's a soft-spoken gentlemen who is direct and clear

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2130591

[omega minimo]

22. .

[ovidsen]

10. Not the Speaker

Harry Reid is Senate Democratic leader, elected by his peers.

He's an odd duck for a Democratic heavy... but he's OUR duck!:dem:

edited for brevity! :)

[omega minimo]

18. Odd duck talks in circles

:yoiks:

[stillcool]

11. here you go....

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Majority_Minority_Leaders.htm

[omega minimo]

13. Yippee! A link!

:eyes: :hi:

[CarlVK]

14. The OP was asking why Reid is in a leadership position of minority Dems

And I don't know the answer to that question. does anyone here?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

16. Because His Democratic Peers Voted For Him To Be.

[omega minimo]

17. Are you from his state?