Our Republican friends always forget that the Democratic party has the largest tent in the country, and in that tent are a multitude of views with shades of gray all throughout and despite my objections, the Democrats seem content with letting all of their leaders weigh in on things with their own words and thoughts, whereas Republicans are much more controlled and organized and will parrot each other incessantly the minute a new soundbite is given them, like "Death Panels" or "Gov't is the problem". And all Republicans italicize the "is" in that latter one, just as an example of how unified they are on the little details. Harry Reid is one of the most conservative Democrats, he's from an older generation, and therefore it makes sense that he sees Obama's speech as perhaps too idealistic, despite the fact that if you look back at two speeches from John McCain and George W. Bush, they all repeated the same things. Disingenuous Republicans with nothing to do need to throw whatever they can throw at Obama no matter what he says, so yet another thread that reflects conservative wishful-thinking is not surprising. Reid remarks hardly qualify as throwing the President under the bus.