Vicious Partisan Criticizes His Opponents for Partisanship

Harry Reid made a rare appearance on to push the Democrats' election theme of blaming Republicans for everything.

Obama can't be blamed, Reid said. The president "bent over backwards" to solicit Republicans during the first 2½ years of his presidency, by inviting them to the White House and venturing to Capitol Hill, without success.

Obama invited Republicans to the White House to inform them, "I won," and ventured to Capitol Hill to insult them in front of their colleagues. Only a vicious partisan like Reid would attempt mischaracterize actions such as these as reaching out to the opposition.

The President ignored Republican objections to his stimulus plan and his party wrote ObamaCare without any GOP input. The only thing bipartisan about the legislation he is most proud of was the opposition.

Reid also defended Obama's non-recess appointments made last week, despite the fact he was the person who invented the tactic of using pro forma sessions of the Senate to block a President from making recess appointments.

"I think the president did the right thing," Reid said. "I am confident the president's recess appointments will be upheld in the courts."

Either he now admits it was just a gimmick that should have been ignored by Bush when Reid did it, or his respect for the Constitution only extends as far as he can use it to benefit himself and his party.

Bush did not challenge the practice, Reid said, "because we worked with him. We gave President Bush hundreds and hundreds of people. He didn't have to worry about recess appointments because we were working with him."

Let's see, Reid worked with Bush on Miguel Estrada, John Bolton, Janice Rogers Brown. Oh, wait, never mind. There were many very important appointments Reid blocked Bush from making both as Majority Leader and Minority Leader. He's not above using any tactic at his disposal to obstruct Republicans, and even inventing a few if need be.

Bush didn't challenge the nominees Reid blocked because he had respect for the Constitution's limitations on government and the separation of powers, something that both Reid and Obama seem to lack - except when they can use them to hamstring their opponents.

The Democrats forced their agenda through Congress for the first two years of Obama's Presidency when Republicans couldn't do anything to stop them. But such programs as ObamaCare, the stimulus, Cash for Clunkers and others proved not only ineffective at improving the economy but unpopular as well. Yet they are still going to try to campaign in 2012 on blaming the Republicans for everything.