Kelly Anderson Wright

When people hear you’re from Reno, they inevitably ask, “What’s the deal with Harry Reid? Why does Nevada keep re-electing him?”

The simple answer: Power.

Nevadans have caught on to him.

“Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have,” said Obama’s mentor, Saul Alinsky. And therein lies the key to Reid’s continued electoral success. Sadly, the enemies Alinsky referred to are the voters back home.

Rightly or wrongly, Nevadans always believed Harry had the power to do great things for Nevada. As Senate Majority Leader, Reid would make sure Nevadans came first in Washington.

Nevadans don’t feel that way anymore, according to more than a year’s worth of polls. Like President Obama and most of Congress, Harry doesn’t seem to understand just how dissatisfied voters are with the job he’s done for the nation, and more importantly, Nevada.

Reid appears to be suffering from one of the major pitfalls of power. “Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.” ~ John Adams

The proof is in the pudding, as the saying goes, so here’s the proof, in a series of articles from inside Nevada that report and analyze Harry’s recent activities, albeit from the “weak” people’s point of view.