Reid Can Thank Ensign
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 9th, 2011 5:39 am by HL
Reid Can Thank Ensign
Jon Ralston looks back at the day Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) admitted to an extramarital affair.
“History may well recall that day went a long way toward re-electing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and making Rep. Dean Heller his partner in the Club of 100, while fundamentally changing the dynamic of the state’s (the country’s) politics. If Ensign had not disclosed his affair that day, freezing Heller’s ambitions to run the following year against Reid, the junior senator might now be the senior senator, preparing a strategy to rush to the head of a lackluster 2012 GOP presidential field.”
Obama’s Rift with the Cabinet
The Washington Post says White House chief of staff Bill Daley is working “to repair badly frayed relations between the White House and the Cabinet.”
Though we’ve never heard of the problem before, “both sides were deeply disgruntled. Agency heads privately complained that the White House was a ‘fortress’ that was unwilling to accept input and that micromanaged their departments. Senior administration advisers rolled their eyes in staff meetings at the mention of certain Cabinet members.”
Said Daley: “You hear the same thing: ‘I don’t think we’re used well.I don’t think we’re consulted enough.’ Whether it’s true or not, perception becomes reality, and I think there’s a desire to feel more part of a team.”
