What Should Harry Do?

Yes, what should Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) do?  In case you forgot, here is Clifford D. May on Harry Reid. 

Pity poor Harry Reid. Back in April, the Senate Majority Leader proclaimed the war in Iraq “lost.” Two months before General David Petraeus had in place the reinforcements he needed to implement his bold, new strategy — which included a “surge” of operations against al-Qaeda forces in Iraq — Reid also said: “The surge is not accomplishing anything.”

Now, some conservatives take a very dim view of Harry Reid, but you can understand why Nevadans vote for him.  Reid is good at getting Federal land around Las Vegas made available for development: homes, schools, shopping centers, that sort of thing.  And good at getting his percentage out of the deal. Percentage or not, Reid provides Nevadans what they need: homes, schools, etc.

But Harry Reid, along with many of our Democratic friends, is not much of an expert when it comes to judging military operations.  So he kinda jumped the gun on declaring the Iraq war “lost.”

Oh well, nobody really minded except a few crazy right-wing nutcases.

But what should Reid do now?

May kindly offers a few sound bites for Reid to use when he decides that it is time to walk back to reality.

Say that President Bush should have foreseen that toppling Saddam would create a vacuum... Say it took Bush too long to [replace] Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his top generals in Iraq... Say the credit for turning the situation around in Iraq goes to American men and women in uniform.

And so on.  But when should Harry Reid do this?  Here’s a suggestion.  Wait until after the primaries this winter.  Then, when the Democratic presidential nominee has been well and truly chosen and the crazy left doesn’t matter any more, then it will be time to make a principled tack back to the center.

Whaddya think?