Jon Ralston
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 19 Jan
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And yes, he was willing to use very ruthless tactics against his own allies.
And he was actually brilliant looking back on it and keeping that caucus, that Democratic caucus in line.
And he had some obstreperous folks in there.
And I talk a lot in the book about his relationship with Joe Lieberman.
And when the caucus wanted to oust Lieberman after he went with John McCain and how he played the long game there, and Obamacare might not be the law of the land if he hadn't done that.
That's so Harry Reid.
In fact, at the end of that quote, I believe is, so I messed with him.
And he said it was relish, right?
I mean, he enjoyed doing that with Frist.
And there was one press conference that one of his staffers told me about where he had won a battle with Frist and he could barely contain his smile.
And his staff was kind of giving him the, you know, don't do that.
Don't
Don't do that.
But Harry Reid loved to win.
And when he won, he was not afraid to brag about it.
I described him several times.
And by the way, he never complained about this description as charismatically challenged.
And I think you're absolutely right about how a lot of the national media, there are a few who understood him, but most of them saw this kind of milquetoast guy who would make these verbal gaffes, wasn't charismatic, didn't like going on
the Sunday shows.
He went on a few times, but he was happy to let Chuck Schumer do that because Chuck Schumer loved doing that.
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