A Harried Screed from Harry Reid By Marc Sheppard

First, he dismissed Roll Call’s assertion -- that the majority of “airdropped earmarks” in recent legislation favored committee members and vulnerable incumbents -- as just “somebody’s news article.” Then, literally seconds later, Harry Reid suggested that Iraqis’ resentment of American presence on their soil can be readily assessed – by reading somebody’s news article.

When asked at Wednesday’s Democratic Leaders Year-End Legislative Briefing whether the role of “airdropped” earmarks in the $555 billion spending package approved by the House on Wednesday betrayed the “restoring accountability” reform promise Dems ran on last year, Reid replied:

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