Dana Perino: Reid is ‘An Absolutely Poisonous Person’

◼ “I think [Sen. Harry Reid (D.-Nev.)] is an absolutely poisonous person in the United States Senate in politics, and the entire country would be much better off, I think the Democrats would be better off, if he were to move on,” said Dana Perino, co-host of Fox’s “The Five,” when asked her opinion on Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) - MRC

◼ Reid leaves a legacy of wreckage - Steve Huntley/Chicago Sun- Times

The first order of business for the U.S. Senate under Republican Mitch McConnell will be getting the Senate back in business. For most of the last four years, Democrat Harry Reid manipulated what was once the world’s greatest deliberative body for political purposes, not for the hard task of governing. The House passed more than 300 bills but they mostly died from neglect in the Senate. What little legislation that made it to the floor crashed as Reid manipulated Senate rules to ban amendments and debate. When Republicans refused to bow to his tin-pot dictatorial rule, he accused them of obstructionism...