Harry Reid Bends Over & Screws his fellow Democrats & Himself

By Rob Janicki

This is just too good to pass up, although it appears to have gone unnoticed by the MSM.  Harry Reid managed to screw himself and Democrats in one less than swift political move.  This is what happens when a weasel tries to out think a raccoon or whatever you call those establishment Republicans these days.

After all his complaints about Republican obstruction this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expressed frustration last night after Republicans helped guarantee a floor vote on a measure he supports.

Actually, Reid was simply trying to put Republicans in a bad light as obstructionists once again, but he got caught in his own trap  I am quite certain that when Republicans agreed to vote for Reid's Bill, he must have become apoplectic.  So what was the Bill that Republicans voted on to debate?

The Nevada Democrat has accused Senate Republicans of chicanery for voting to advance to the Senate floor a Democratic constitutional amendment allowing Congress to regulate all campaign speech and spending.

Now why would Reid object to this, since some very liberal Democrats have been kicking this topic around for month?  The answer is actually quite simple.  The Republicans somehow actually managed to do some strategic planning that didn't backfire for a change.

After Monday's bipartisan 79-18 vote, Reid vented to reporters that Republicans were trying to "stall" the Senate, indicating that he never intended for the campaign finance amendment by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., to go to a real floor debate.

Please reread the above paragraph.  Reid never expected that Republicans would agree to vote to bring  such a ridiculous Bill to the Senate floor to debate,   Oops!

The simple explanation for Reid's apoplexy is that the Republicans can now take up valuable floor time on the Senate floor debating the Bill and this will substantially reduce Reid's opportunity to put forth other real legislation Democrats want to act on before the November 4th congressional midterm elections.

Politico reporter Burgess Everett writes that many Republicans voted to advance the amendment Monday in order “to foul up Democrats’ pre-election messaging schedule, freezing precious Senate floor time for a measure that ultimately has no chance of securing the two-thirds support necessary in both the House and Senate to amend the Constitution.”

The move not only guarantees a lengthy debate over Democratic efforts to limit the First Amendment, but it also limits the amount of time left for debates over other doomed measures on gender pay equality and the minimum wage, which were intended to frame the coming elections for Democrats as they defend their Senate majority. Continue Reading Washington Examiner