Harry Reid holds his ground - Manu Raju and David Rogers - POLITICO.com

Harry Reid holds his ground - Manu Raju and David Rogers - POLITICO.com: "Senior advisers for Sen. Harry Reid say he won’t resign as majority leader over comments he made about Barack Obama — and that Republican attacks on Reid will give them the opportunity to solidify Democrat support by arguing that he's the victim of a partisan witchhunt.

“The more you have in terms of criticism from Republicans, the more likely it is that it is just a political pile-on,” a senior Reid adviser told POLITICO Sunday.

The calculus could always change if more revelations emerge or if Democrats begin to call for Reid to step down. But Reid’s advisers expect neither of those situations to play out, believing that support has been solidified on the left and that they can weather the storm in Washington – and will have to turn the focus in his Nevada reelection campaign to jobs and the economy."

Just a reminder that Lott said less and was hounded by democrats and forced to resign. But that was because he was a republican so I guess it was alright.... The Munz