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Last Friday, upon the release of the latest monthly jobs report, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, “Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good." Harry Reid made these comments because he is simply out of touch with the American people and his constituents in Nevada, which doesn’t speak well of Senator Reid’s leadership. 

Senator Reid deserves to be voted out of office if he is so out of touch with his constituents that he truly believes it is good news that 36,000 more Americans have lost their jobs.  Yet even if we give Senator Reid the benefit of the doubt on his speech on Friday, what do his comments show about his previous promises on job creation?  After all, it was Senator Reid, along with President Obama, who promised that last year’s stimulus package would “save or create” millions of jobs.  Is Senator Reid out of touch with his constituents or with reality? 

Harry Reid’s words failed him last Friday.  But it is his leadership that has failed the people of Nevada and the United States even more.  Senator Reid should focus less on spinning himself into verbal knots explaining jobless statistics, and focus more on working with Republicans in the Senate to give the American people what they deserve – a jobs plan that works.