I wonder if Harry Reid will get a spine now that he came close to the precipice

[DainBramaged]

or join Obama in continued compromise while his base grows more detached.

[Ian David]

1. No...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9469277

[cutlassmama]

2. He's milkquetoast. The ONLY reason he won is because Angle is a nutjob.

[hayu_lol]

3. In my opinion, which ain't worth spit...

Harry will continue to play the spineless clown he has shown himself to be.

[Brickbat]

4. I'll go out on a limb here and take a guess....

oh hell no.

[TornadoTN]

5. Not a chance. He now has a Republican House to blame his lack of spine

While he runs away scared of confronting anyone or standing up for meaningful legislation.

Harry "We just don't have the votes" Reid

[AnArmyVeteran]

14. Harry Reid = Human jellyfish

[earthside]

6. It shouldn't matter very much ...

... because Reid should have to give-up being Majority Leader; after all he presided over a devastating loss of colleagues.

His time is over ... if it isn't, then that will be an early sign that 2012 will be worse than yesterday.

[DFLforever]

7. I got exactly the opposite impression from his win

I think we can see now why he is the Majority leader after pulling off this win.

He is a poor spokeman for the Democratic senators but he is certainly a shrewd, and extremely skilled political operator.

[blm]

8. Bill Clinton looms large....he rolled whatever way the triangulating winds took him and

urged DC Dems to do the same. Too bad so many of us claimed his reign was 'successful' when on closer examination, it had no GOOD lasting effect on anything....Bush reversed all good within a year....but, the bad is STILL the cause of suffering.

[gulliver]

9. He had a lot of spine to take himself to that precipice.

I often think Reid comes off as a bit of a milquetoast, but, considering he was up for re-election this year, he was pretty gutsy. I'm not sure about the wisdom of keeping the Majority Leader spot in the hands of a Senator who faces an election in only two years.

I do predict that Reid will be a lot tougher now that he has six years of altitude.

[Bitwit1234]

10. HE PROMISED and he will hold him to it , to get

rid of the filibuster.

[formercia]

11. Evolution doesn't work that quickly

Invertebrates take long to evolve.

[stray cat]

12. Man up? I seem to have heard that from the tea party - maybe the wrong person won?

[AnArmyVeteran]

13. The Coward's Club = good name for a book about how they trembled at the sight of republicans.

[donco6]

15. In his first statement, he already asked the Rs how low he has to grovel.

So, no, there's no spine in the offing.