Is it time for Reid to step down?

[MADem]

13. It strikes me as a comment that reflects how the leaders are chosen in their respective Houses.

Nothing more.

Good gravy---this has nothing to do with Banana Republics--and your saying so suggests you still don't have an appreciation of the process, your protestations notwithstanding.

You can "say" all you want about what goes on in the Senate. Knock yourself out. But here's the bottom line--YOU do NOT choose the leadership. You just don't. Your input does not matter. The sitting Senators choose the leadership. You choose your two Senators--that's where your contribution to the internal management process ENDS.

I challenge you to point to a single instance of a candidate being rejected by his constituency because he voted for a legislative leader not to the constituency's liking. You can't--because it's never happened and it never will happen. That's just too "inside baseball" for any voting bloc.

The Senators need to be organized in order to effectively manage their legislative duties. They hold these leadership elections in order to manage themselves appropriately to do the work they were sent to DC to do. But you--or I--don't get a vote on that. We never have, we never will. Harry Reid will never appear on any ballot that I receive on election day--because I do not live in Nevada.