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I don't think you're assessment is accurate. Remember, Reid is the idiot to declared the Iraq war was lost and thereby aiding the enemy and demoralizing Americans...fortunately his treason didn't pay off. Reid said "Social Security is not in crisis." And then there is the famous Negro dialect comment...and that's just a few examples of how Reid is an idiot. Now provide some examples where he's brilliant.

First I'm not going to claim he's brilliant, because he's not. He is a very savvy political operator. All those comments (ok, maybe not the Negro dialect one) and many others that crossed his lips (and those of his fellow Dems) created an atmosphere that drove the US Senate into a Democrat supermajority and helped elect Barack Obama President.

You're seeing statements that are completely inaccurate, correct. However I'm seeing statements that are inaccurate, BUT ALSO designed to create a certain kind of perception-based (rather than reality-based) atmosphere/environment and achieve a political end.

He is a very savvy political operator.

I'm not certain that is a factor related to intelligence...although I suppose it depends on how you define savvy political operator. Would a politician who keeps getting reelected be considered savvy? I can point to a number of politicians who are particularly stupid...one is my own state senator Patty Murray who thinks Bin Laden is popular in Afghanistan because he set up day cares and built roads, for example and she's not even the dumbest.