Posted by
Steve on Friday, October 13, 2006 9:04:36 PM
The Democrats would do well to replace Harry Reid with someone else soon. Harry Reid is coming up with a large corruption problem. The land deal where he made a cool $1.1 million is coming under closer looks. The closer looks are making this deal look even worse than the first looks.
At least two of the people on the county commission that approved the rezoning were political cronies of Harry Reid. They are also going to jail on bribery charges. That does not make his financial transaction look any better.
There is some question as to whether his son was on the county commission prior to the approval. My understanding of his son's county commission experience is that it has been for a few years. Whether it goes back far enough to pick up this transaction or not is still in question. My belief is that Harry Reid took his name off the property to hide his interest in the property. Then, when it came up to a vote, his "friends" and son could claim that they did not know he had any interest in the land. His name was not on the paperwork. At least that is how I believe the transaction went down. It makes perfect sense for it to go down that way. Everything fits the scenario. There are no loose ends. There are no unanswered questions. The only real question is whether his son was on the commission at the time.
Harry obviously knows something is not right. He refuses to answer questions about the transaction. He probably refuses to answer questions, because he knows what he did was illegal. Since it was illegal, he could spend some time working at hard time. Since he does not want that to happen, he has to clam up and not talk. It makes for uninteresting news stories, it does make bloggers like me go wild with speculation. We can speculate on any scenario we like and he has to take it. He only has to hope that none of us actually hit on the truth. Of course, the truth will come out eventually. When it does, the Democrats and particularly Harry Reid will be very sorry. Republicans will bask in the glow of knowing the lead Democrat in the Senate went down to corruption.
Since Nevada is a "Red" state, it would be a good chance to pick up the seat for the Republicans. Particularly after having a scandal involving the Democratic party machine in Nevada. They would have a hard time fielding a credible candidate for an election. That would be something to see. Of course, it might be the next Governor who would appoint Harry's replacement. I hope Jim Gibbons wins in November. That would help a lot when Harry has his problem with corruption.
The odds on Harry Reid going to jail are extremely small. Most likely he would be given a chance to plea to some lesser charge and resign from the Senate. That would satisfy most of the people. Of course, he would be expected to cooperate in any investigation. If that implicated his friend, then that is where the chips would fall. I am sure that Harry would implicate others to stay out of the slammer. Anyone who has been in positions of power like he has would never wish to be behind bars. They would usually do almost anything to avoid the possibility of serving time.
I do not wish Harry Reid anything bad. I would be happy that the seat would be Republican instead of Democrat. I would not be happy to have Harry Reid disgraced. He has done what he has felt was for the best. This has meant selling his soul to the devil the past few years, but he still believes in what he is doing.