What Is Harry Reid’s Legacy?

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told Nevada Public Radio he “wants to be remembered as a kid who grew up in Searchlight and then fought hard for all the little kids growing up in the same hard scrabble way he did.”

Said Reid: “I want to go out at the top of my game.”

Politico: “How a gruff, pro-gun, anti-abortion Mormon westerner with few social skills and little national name ID became one of the longest-serving Democratic leaders in Senate history is something few who don’t know Reid can fathom. He is dogged, smarter than you think — or he looks — and will outplan and outhustle just about anyone — the ultimate grinder.”

Las Vegas Sun: “These final two years in the Senate are critical for Reid to ensure that’s what happens. Without a grueling 20-month campaign, Reid has a chance to cement his legacy in the state in everything from transportation to wind farms.”