Thank you Senator Reid.

Tuesday's move by Senator Reid confirms that he is the right guy at the right time and right place. For some time now, I have been surprisingly pleased with the ways in which he has played his role as Minority Leader.

Lots of Kossaks seem pretty pleased too.

I remember how many of us "progressives" were worried when Reid became Minority Leader, and I was a little worried too: some of his positions on the so-called "social values" are a bit too much to the right for me. Today shows how the Democrats, by playing as a team, can get over some of its own ideological differences and provide a larger vision for what they ought to be standing for.

By the way, that's what the Republicans have been doing for decades already. And it has worked for them...untill now.

But on Tuesday , Senator Reid has acted as any leader of the opposition ought to act.

Hopefully, Democrats will follow his leadership. Hopefully this is only the begining.

And just to be helpful, here is a reminder for them:

OPPOSITION - noun resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument : there was considerable opposition to the proposal the regime cracked down against the threat of opposition. • (often the opposition) a group of adversaries or competitors, esp. a rival political party or athletic team. • ( the opposition) the principal political party opposed to the one in office.

Thank you, Senator Reid.

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