Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

It seems that conservative news outlets and talk radio spout endlessly that Senator Harry Reid needs to be defeated in Nevada.  Even some factions of the Tea Party seem to agree.

There's just one problem with that strategy, and it can be summed up in five words: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

If you think Reid's ideas are bad, you haven't paid attention to Schumer.  There's a lot of bad legislation that gets stopped because Reid uses his power as Senate Majority Leader to keep it from coming to the floor.  This is the same legislation that Schumer would forcefully push to the floor.

While Schumer is up for reelection this year (as is Reid), he does not face much competition.  This means that Schumer will almost undoubtedly return to the Senate after the upcoming election.  Reid faces fierce competition from Tea Party backed candidate Sharron Angle.  If Reid is not reelected, that leaves Schumer next in line to become Senate Majority Leader, and that will be a bad thing.