Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., seemed pretty miffed on Thursday when reporters asked him what he thinks of President Obama’s grassroots organization targeting centrist Senate Democrats with televised advertisements aimed at pressuring them into supporting health care reform legislation.
“I think it’s a waste of money,” Reid responded, arms crossed and face looking cross.
Reporters pressed him further on the matter, and he said, “It’s the Democrats spending money against the Democrats.”
Organizing for America was launched by the Obama administration shortly after Inauguration Day. It is run by the Democratic National Committee and its goal is to mobilize the millions of Obama supporters to help pass his agenda.
Health care reform, which at the top of that agenda, is stalling in part because moderate Senate Democrats have not yet committed to getting behind it because they fear its steep cost and threat to the current system of medical care.
The ads are aimed at Senate Democrats from swing areas such as Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, North Dakota, Nebraska and Ohio.
