While Majority Leader Reid Stays Out of '08 Fray, Sen. Clinton Signs His Son

While Reid Stays Out of '08 Fray, Sen. Clinton Signs His Son
By Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray
Sunday, February 18, 2007; Page A02

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) has pledged not to pick among his many friends running for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, choosing instead to focus his time and energy on making Nevada's new early caucus as successful as possible.

With Reid not committing, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) found the next-best thing -- signing his eldest son, Rory, as both the chair of her campaign in the Silver State and an adviser on Western issues.

Rory Reid currently serves as the chairman of the Clark County Commission -- that's Las Vegas's county -- and is a past chairman of the Nevada state party. He is the only one of Reid's four sons in elected office.

In landing him, Clinton strikes the first major blow of the Nevada caucus contest, newly added to the party's early nominating calendar by the Democratic National Committee last year. The caucus is set for Jan. 19, sandwiched between Iowa's Jan. 14 caucuses and New Hampshire's Jan. 22 primary.

So is it like father, like son? Not necessarily. Harry Reid's allies insist he is committed to staying neutral in the race, regardless of Rory's decision. Even so, The Fix bets that Reid -- Harry, that is -- will be fielding calls from Barack Obama (Ill.), Chris Dodd (Conn.) and Joe Biden (Del.) in the very near future.

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She has removed all doubt about corporate America controlling the Democratic Party. The day she is nominated is the day I become an independent after being a registered Democrat for over 45 years. Fuck the ruling class along with their sell-out to corporate money.

I don't understand.