Harry Reid, "the most powerful Senate Majority Leader in history," is dead

Harry Reid has died, according to famed Nevada journalist Jon Ralston. He was 82.

Harry Reid will go down in history as one of the most influential members of the US Senate.

He was never supposed to be that though. He came from Nevada state politics and was famously satirized in Martin Scorsese’sCasino. He was not supposed to be the Democratic leader in …