Without the fanfare, conflict, and fuss which have been evident in House appointments, Harry Read was elected today as the Senate Majority Leader.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, a moderate Nevada Democrat, was elected by colleagues on Tuesday as U.S. Senate majority leader for the 110th Congress that will convene in January.
Reid, like most fellow Democrats, favors a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, a major issue in last week’s elections that saw Democrats win control of the Senate and House of Representatives from President George W. Bush’s Republicans.
Reid has served the past two years as Senate minority leader. He replaced Tom Daschle, who was ousted by voters in his home state of South Dakota in 2004 after being denounced as “the chief obstructionist” to Bush’s conservative agenda.
Though not free of scandal, Reid dose have a voting record which is suitably moderate, and even conservative on issues like abortion. Best of all he is no Pelosi.
