I mean that they both have the same job - professional punching bag (OK, Colmes is leaving Hannity and Colmes soon, but my point stands.) To put it more politically incorrectly, they're both playing the game to deliberately be allowed to be bitch-slapped.
Alan Colmes lets himself be shouted down by Sean Hannity every day, because that's what he's paid to do - look like an effete, milquetoast pantywaist so that all liberals are tarred with that brush.
Harry Reid does the same thing - he makes a few ineffectual mumblings to make himself look like he's on our side, but when important votes come up, and the bell rings for the big floor fight, Reid takes a dive, again making himself, and all Democrats look like effete, milquetoast pantywaists.
It's
Bitch-Slap Politics, and Reid is constantly sabotaging us by playing the bitch.
Even if we still lose the cloture votes, if Reid was a decent leader, working for our side, he'd be rallying our guys, throwing press conferences, making speeches and statements loudly and relentlessly calling the Republicans out for their attacks on the poor and working class, for sparing no expense in saving banking buddies, but refusing to allocate a fucking dime to save working-class jobs; or for refusing to do what's needed to end the war in Iraq, or for refusing to lift a finger to help regular folks with health care, etc. etc. etc. Politicians are good at making noise and raising their hackles and blustering and fighting, and Reid could be at least making a little noise chastising the Republicans for blocking bills and being obstructionist.
But no, we're not gonna see that. Reid's the nice guy that finishes last. He won't make those kinds of noises - he'll just accept defeat with his tail between his legs. This play's very well-choreographed.
To be blunt, Reid has about the same amount of loyalty to the Democratic Party and to progressive causes as Joe Lieberman. That's right, Reid's a traitor to the Democratic Party.
That is all.