Monday, Jan. 30, 2006 | 8:15 a.m.
Harry Reid has been called a lot of things since he became minority leader but columnist Daniel Henninger, writing in The Wall Street Journal, came up with an unexpected one last week vis-a-vis the Abramoff scandal: "Every time someone tells Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid that he, too, took money from Jack's clients, he starts jumping up and down like Rumpelstiltskin yelling, "This is a Republican scandal!" If you don't recall the story, he's the evil dwarf who spins straw into gold but demands a fantastic price -- her firstborn -- from a fair maiden. Of all the fairy tale characters to use, I never expected Harry Reid to be compared to Rumpelstiltskin. I'm taking nominations for better choices.
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