Reid says he expects the tactic of gentle persuasion to work best, given the size of his Senate Democratic flock and the political divergences within it. “I don’t dictate how people vote,” he said in an interview this month. “If it’s an important vote, I try to tell them how important it is to the Senate, the country, the president ... But I’m not very good at twisting arms. I try to be more verbal and non-threatening. So there are going to be — I’m sure — a number of opportunities for people who have different opinions not to vote the way that I think they should. But that’s the way it is. I hold no grudges.”
When your Majority Leader makes these kinds of assessments about himself, it tells me two things.
1. He has a knack for self reflection and
2. Its time to get a new Majority Leader.
(h/t Greg Sargent via TPM )
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Somehow I knew you would pick this one up. :-)
ReplyDeleteBTW, I agree with you.