Master of the Senate (with Harry Reid)

HARRY REID SHOW NOTES Interview taped on 2/1/19. Harry Reid is the former Democratic Senate Majority Leader. His decades long career in public service includes two terms as a Congressman for Nevada, city attorney for Henderson, Nevada’s Lieutenant Governor, and a stint as the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission.  In a wide ranging conversation, Sen. Reid reflects on his upbringing, career milestones, the five presidents he has served, his former colleagues, and this political moment in history. He also looks forward to 2020, offering guidance to presidential candidates.  Various references made in the episode: Reid’s book, The Good Fight: Hard Lessons from Searchlight to Washington The nail-biting 2006 night when the Democrats took the Senate Former Senator Daniel Inouye’s funeral Reid’s description of Trump as amoral and the spike in dictionary searches for ‘amoral’ Intelligence chiefs' testimony before the Senate on 2/6/19  Bill Moyer’s program comparing President ...