Why Harry Reid Should Step Down

Watching the Congress debate policy, and enact legislation is painful enough. But the Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, preside over the chamber is just plain unwatchable. Republicans think getting Reid out of the Leadership position would improve their fortunes. I find that completely ironic, since this is a man who is moderate, Pro-Life, and has done everything in his power to allow Republicans to exert their will in the Senate Chamber. Let's take a look at this man's leadership:

1. Lieberman--watching Joe Lieberman campaign for John McCain, speak at the Republican National Convention, and speak of Sarah Palin as an experienced, suitable Vice Presidential Candidate? How can Reid stand in front of the nation, and state that Lieberman deserves his post as Chairman of the National Homeland Security Committee? This situation demanded consequences. Reid could not show leadership or strength in this situation, because he was terrified of losing a vote? Kinda sad.

2. Stem Cell Research--How has this legislation not been pressed? It has what approaches a veto-proof majority, and will surely be passed, and signed into law by a President Obama. Yet we have put this off for too long.

3. Immigration--This was an unpleasant, but agreed upon piece of legislation that Reid just couldn't get through Congress. He appeared too willing to allow negative forces to kill the bill.

4. The current budget debate--how many times do we need to see Mitch McConnell outperform Reid on the talk shows, and in the discussion of the details of the stimulus package?

Honestly, if I were a Republican, I would be thanking my lucky stars, that the Democrats have put someone in charge who behaves like a kid-brother, who has outgrown his smaller, older brother, but is still terrified of him, physically and psychologically, due to the beat downs his brother game him when they were kids. Reid still acts as if he is in the minority.

Let's take the Lieberman example. Honestly, is Lieberman really going to vote against his own best interests, and his own personal beliefs on issues, just because he doesn't like certain Democrats? It strikes me that Reid is almost scared of the debate with the Republican Senators, afraid that they will make him look bad. Does he realize he has 58-59 votes? Does he realize that Judd Gregg, George Voinovich, or Arlen Specter would never want to be the 41st vote to kill a $300B tax break, and $1 Trillion stimulus package, so that the country can sink into a depression? Is that the message THEY want to bring to their Re-election campaigns in 2010?

I am all for bi-partisanship, but the fact is that we have had elections, and Democrats have won a resounding victory. The people WANT change. If Reid isn't interested in making that happen, it may be time for Richard Durbin, or Chuck Schumer to take the reigns.