He’s mocking the Tea Party that he knows the GOP leadership is really with him
You’ve nailed it. Reid knows that he has Boehner and McConnell in his pocket and that when crunch time arrives, that they will once again go scurrying into their hole in the ground. The Dems are clever and ruthless tacticians and they are absolutely rolling hte GOP leadership (and the majority of the GOP caucus). Reid likely cannot believe that it’s been so easy and will only be encouraged by Republican weakness. The GOP better wake up or they will be punished in 2012.