Democratic Senate

Editor's note: This piece, which originally ran in the Feb/March 2010 issue of Desert Companion, speculates on what might happen if Reid had lost his re-election to Republican challenger Sharron Angle. With the announcement of Reid's retirement, some of Hugh Jackson's observations are just as relevant today as they were five years ago.

The new Congress has just started meeting and the Democrats will be playing much more defense over the next two years. Recently re-elected Majority Leader…