Harry Reid’s Vegas Blowout Party

As I watched President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaking at that $2 million fundraising event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Tuesday night, I noticed something missing.

Both men pretty much declared that in Obama’s first few months in office they’ve pretty much fixed the economy, fixed the mortgage crisis, fixed our health care system, fixed our banking system, fixed our automobile industry and fixed the heartbreak of psoriasis – all in just over 100 days in office.

As I watched this incredibly misleading and boastful performance – declaring victory while the economy continues to drag and major companies continue to go BK – I realized that something was missing from the huge backdrop behind them.

A “Mission Accomplished” sign.

Maybe somebody could photo-shop one in for them.

Meanwhile he National Republican Senatorial Committee has produced a new TV commercial highlighting the event. Catch it HERE

And here’s a great point made by one of the folks who attended our SRO workshop on blogging and the Internet last night:

Why did Barack Obama do that press conference on solar panels at Nellis Air Force Base yesterday when he could have read the same remarks from a tele-prompter from the Oval Office in Washington, DC?

Because unless he conducted some kind of “official” presidential business while hob-nobbing with the Hollywood elite and raising bucket-loads of cash for Reid, Reid would have had to pick up the cost for the president’s secret service protection and cross-country flight on Air Force One. If not for the “official” Nellis event – which allowed the president to charge us taxpayers for this fundraising trip – Reid might have actually LOST money.

Some enterprising blogger ought to file a FOIA request and see just how much Harry Reid’s Vegas party cost the American taxpayers.

That said, if President Obama was coming to Nevada to conduct “official” business and talk about energy issues, maybe he should have taken a tour of Yucca Mountain instead of wandering around a bunch of solar panels. I’m told he’s never been there.

I mean, how can the president make decisions on such a critical national energy matter without ever even seeing the place? Do you mean to tell me he’s taking Harry Reid’s word for it? Which means he’s choosing politics over science? Say it ain’t so, Joe.