He WANTS to go over the cliff....there is no downside for him...
Reid and Obama already planned to go over the cliff...Reid is just playing the role...of statesman (hurl) to look like he tried..
Reid: "Gee...we Senate democrats really tried hard but the GOP simply would not meet us halfway, so we failed. I lay the blame squarely on the minority leader doorstep"
Why has the Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, been foolish enough to allow himself to be pushed forward into the spotlight while the House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, has done everything possible to disappear so that she and her Democratic colleagues will have no part of the blame for the almost certain failure of the fiscal-cliff negotiations?
Since the House Republicans have voted no to John Boehner’s Plan B, which would have raised taxes on high earners, the chances of them approving the same proposal if put forward by Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell is virtually nil.
But there Mitch McConnell will be in front of the cameras as the U.S. economy goes over the cliff, with Harry Reid backing away out of the picture, soon to join Nancy Pelosi for an all-out attack on the Republicans for causing every misery the people of America are about to face.