Ensign And Reid Have Agreement Not To Criticize Each Other

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As the two senators from Nevada, John Ensign and Majority Leader Harry Reid have an agreement not to criticize each other publicly, according to the Las Vegas Sun.

Reid has publicly stayed mum on Ensign’s affair and his decision to run for re-election in 2012. But Ensign claims he enjoys support from “both sides” of Senate leadership.

“These are the kinds of personal decisions that Senator Ensign will have to make,” a spokesman for Reid told us yesterday, adding, “Reid is staying out of it.”

McConnell also dodged, telling the Sun, “I think Sen. Ensign will have to speak to those issues himself.”

How long can they go on in silence? From the Sun:

“There’s a nervousness that maybe the full story has not been told,” said a Republican strategist from Nevada. “Most people think there’s another shoe to drop.”

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