Go Take a Hike, Harry!

Scott Brown outsmarted Harry. LOL

Go take a hike, Harry

By Boston Herald Editorial Staff
Saturday, September 22, 2012 - Updated 8 hours ago

With his partisan outburst on the Senate floor this week, majority leader Harry Reid put a face to President Barack Obama’s claim that you can’t change Washington from the inside. Reid continues to be an embarrassment to his party and to the U.S. Senate.

It all started when Sen. Scott Brown told a reporter at the Capitol on Thursday afternoon that looming votes might interfere with his planned debate that night with Elizabeth Warren.

Now, what might have led Brown to think that there might be votes pending late Thursday?

One clue was the fact that the Senate had already spent hours debating a bill that would continue funding operations of the U.S. government — and next on the docket was a bill proposing to cut off U.S. aid to Pakistan.

And while we wouldn’t expect the Democratic majority leader to go out of his way to accommodate Brown — not when Brown’s opponent is the darling of the Washington establishment — neither would we expect him to accuse a colleague who chooses his Senate duties over a campaign debate of, well, chickening out.

“It’s obvious to me what’s going on. I’ve been to a few of these rodeos. It is obvious there is a big stall taking place,” Reid said — on the Senate floor. “One of the senators who doesn’t want to be in a debate tonight won’t be in a debate. Well, he can’t use the Senate as an excuse. There will be no more votes today.”

Of course Brown was on a plane the minute Reid finally confirmed there would be no votes, and the debate went off without a hitch.

Warren made a point of noting during Thursday’s debate that if Scott Brown is re-elected, big, scary Sen. Jim Inhofe will oversee the EPA. Of course if Democrats retain control of the Senate Warren surely would be a vote to confirm Harry Reid as majority leader. Wonder why she never mentioned that.