Harry Reid/Articles and Commentary

Articles & Commentary

2004

• "Democrat Reid seeks Senate leadership post. Minority whip from Nevada says he has votes to replace Daschle," CNN, November 3, 2004.
• Geoffe Earle, "Dodd clears path for Reid. Crushed Senate Democrats seek to regroup swiftly after Daschle’s defeat," The Hill, November 4, 2004.
• Charles Babington, "Reid Set to Lead Senate Democrats. Nevadan Has Won Praise From Both Sides of Aisle," Washington Post, November 16, 2004.
• Michael Green, "Gambling on Harry Reid. Have the Democrats hit the jackpot with the new minority leader from Nevada -- or crapped out?" Salon, November 17, 2004.
• Steve Tetreault, "Democrats unanimously elect Harry Reid leader," Ely Times, November 19, 2004.
• Terence Samuel, "A leader from the wilderness," US News & World Report, November 29, 2004.
• "Reid: Dems Should Get List of Bush High Court Nominees," Associated Press (Fox News), December 5, 2004.
• "Dems' new Senate leader criticizes Justice Thomas. Frist vows GOP to pursue options to overcome filibusters," CNN, December 6, 2004.
• Armstrong Williams, "Racism finds a home in white towers," USA Today, December 9, 2004.
• Harry Reid, GOP Hypocrite of the Week, BuzzFlash, December 11, 2004.
• Chris Suellentrop, "Harry Reid Is Not Boring. Has Scorsese fictionalized your U.S. senator?" Slate, December 22, 2004.

2005

• "The Reformer," Financial Markets Center, January 2005.
• "Harry Reid's Choice. Will the new Minority Leader follow Ted Kennedy off a cliff?" Online Journal, January 28, 2005.
• "Reid blasts Bush over RNC document. Minority leader: President's calls for unity appear 'false'," CNN, February 8, 2005; also see "Sen. Harry Reid Blasts RNC's 'Hit Piece'," KLAS-TV, Las Vegas.
• George F. Will, "Harry Reid's 'Roulette'. Members of Congress are doing very well indeed under a plan comparable to the one President Bush would allow all Americans to participate in," Newsweek, February 14, 2005.
• James Kuhnhenn, "Harry Reid a soft-spoken lawmaker with a punch," Knight Ridder Newspapers, March 3, 2005.
• Dan Balz, "Senate Democratic Leader Blasts Greenspan," Washington Post, March 4, 2005.
• Joe Klein, "The Creative Stubbornness of Harry Reid. The Senate Democratic leader keeps the GOP in check," Time, March 20, 2005.
• Charles Hunt, "Reid cites FBI file on judicial pick," May 13, 2005.
• Adam Entous, "UN nominee derided by Democrats as 'damaged goods'," Reuters (Washington Post), July 31, 2005.
• Interview: "Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid Takes on Bolton, Roberts -- and Bush," BuzzFlash, August 1, 2005.
• Elsa Walsh, "Minority Report: How a pro-gun, anti-abortion Nevadan leads the Senate’s Democrats," The New Yorker, posted online August 1, 2005; August 8 and 15, 2005 (issue).
• Robert Dlugos, "Senator Harry Reid Suffers An Attack," KOLO TV 8 ABC News, August 20, 2005: "Doctors determined it was a Transient Ischemic Attack, or TIA."
• "Democrats accuse Bush's Republicans of an 'information blackout' on Iraq," Agence France Presse (Yahoo! News), October 5, 2005.

2006

• John Solomon and Sharon Theimer, "Reid Aided Abramoff Clients, Records Show," Associated Press (McAlester News), February 9, 2006.
• Scott Shields "Smearing Harry Reid," MyDD, February 9, 2006.