It looks like we won't have Harry Reid to kick around anymore after 2016. The Nevada Senator who has led Democrats as both the majority and minority leader since 2005 announced that he would not seek re-election in 2016. His decision is good news for Republicans facing an uphill climb to keep the Senate in 2016. The GOP slaughtered the Democrats in 2014, winning the legislature and every major state wide office. New York Times: Mr. Reid, 75, who suffered serious eye and facial injuries in a Jan. 1 exercise accident at his Las Vegas home, said he had been contemplating retiring from the Senate for months. He said his decision was not attributable either to the accident or to his demotion to minority leader after Democrats lost the majority in November’s midterm elections. “I understand this place,” Mr. Reid said. “I have quite a bit of power as minority leader.” He has already confounded the new Republican majority this year by holding...(Read Full Post)