Sen. Harry Reid is set to be Senate majority leader With the election giving Democrats control of the Senate following four years of GOP dominance, the gold miner's son from tiny Searchlight, Nev., is in line to become majority leader. Soft-spoken yet shrewd, Reid brings a tough hide and intricate knowledge of the Senate to a job where he'll need both. "I always would rather dance than fight," Reid likes to say. "But I know how to fight." Reid, 66, grew up hardscrabble in a downtrodden mining town in the Mojave Desert, and worked his way through college, then law school in Washington as a Capitol Hill cop. He served five years as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission in the late 1970s, and climbed the ranks in state politics from lieutenant governor to congressman to senator, winning his fourth Senate term in 2004. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061109/ap_on_el_se/reid_majority_leader Will this guy 'make a difference' ? Interesting days ahead but will they be productive days and moreover will the folks in the street benefit from all the changes going on ?
Sure, he'll be productive. I'll be paying a heck of a lot more taxes this time next year. So, he'll definitely make a difference.