Harry’s umbrella
Here is a little late August-doldrums fun…
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid was down in New Orleans this weekend looking to capitalize politically on the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The New York Times covered the story and ran this picture of Harry Reid politicking around the neighborhood.

Good picture, but it’s kind of funny that they left out the poor female staffer (you can find her if you click through the pic) who is charged with sheltering Reid from the sprinkles as he makes his rounds. The whole pic is below.
UPDATE: A reader notes a striking similarity…sort of…

August 29th, 2006 at 10:05 am
[…] In a statement released this morning, Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell lambasted Democrats for their campaign style bus tours through the Hurricane Katrina ravaged region this week: “Democrat concerns about the government response to Katrina would be taken a lot more seriously if their comments weren’t wrapped in a political banner, or salted with campaign rhetoric. […]
August 31st, 2006 at 9:44 am
So Harry Reid needs someone to hold up a umbrella for him Hey who dose he think he is a EMPORER or a KING what a jerk this blabbering idiot must be hey where is the women from NOW to complain and call him a chulvinist pig?