Knock 'em dead, Harry
Senator Reid continues to surprise me. He is turning out to be a much better Minority Leader and fighter than I ever expected, and far more effective than Daschle ever was. According to the AP, he is attempting to work out a deal with Frist on the filibuster issue, but refuses to negotiate unless the nuclear option is off the table. I especially like his straightforwardness--the man calls a spade a spade, and if the President tells a lie, Reid tells it like it is:

Reid on Monday also repeated his assertion that President Bush promised him that the White House would stay out of the Senate's fight over the filibuster rule. "He either misspoke or was not being honest with me a week ago last Wednesday when he said they would not be getting involved," Reid said.

Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday he would vote to ban the judicial filibuster if the Senate deadlocks, and called the Democrats' filibuster threats "inexcusable."

Senate Judiciary chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said on CNN Sunday that it was "really not helpful — and that's a very mild word — for Senator Reid to say that the president was not honest."

But Reid said there was no doubt what Bush meant when he said he would not get involved in the Senate fight. "It's not hard to understand when someone tells you: 'I'm not getting involved. That's a Senate problem, I'm not getting involved,'" Reid said. It's "a little hard to interpret that any other way."

It's about damn time someone called Bush for the liar that he is. Thanks, Harry.
- posted by TJ @ 7:28 PM