(He's Harry Reid's Bobby Baker.)
ROTFLMCO. Love that story.
NYT REPORTED Obama called Harry Reid to broach a particularly delicate subject. It was during last year’s government shutdown and standoff with Republicans, but Mr. Obama’s frustration focused on one of their own.
Obama told Reid he suspected David Krone, Mr. Reid’s intensely loyal and influential top aide, of leaking to the news media, and requested that he stay away from future meetings.
It did not take much time for the president’s comments to reach Mr. Reid’s right-hand man. To Mr. Obama’s surprise, Mr. Krone was listening in on the call.
Suddenly, the aide piped up and made it clear to the president that he did not appreciate the accusation.
When Obama and Reid traveled to Nevada, to promote his executive action on immigration and allowed Reid to unofficially start his re-election campaign, public harmony contrasted with the private discord between the two men and their staffs....
... much of which has centered on Mr. Krone, a wealthy former cable executive whose defining principle is to defend Mr. Reid, at all costs....(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...