Helping Harry Out

Well, I’ve already posted about the planned Obama trip to campaign with Harry Reid in Nevada this month. I wrote then:

Seriously, the only way this could be worse for Reid is if the joint appearance was to be held in Copenhagen where the Wizard has a perfect record.

I was wrong. I did not count on the Wizard catching the foot-in-mouth virus from Joe Biden:

President Barack Obama took another dig at Las Vegas at his New Hampshire town hall Tuesday after similar remarks got him into hot water last year.

Obama said that people should not “blow a bunch of cash in Vegas” during a tough recession. Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman called for Obama to apologize after he made comparable comments last February.

“When times are tough, you tighten your belts,” he said at the forum.” You don’t go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. You don’t blow a bunch of cash in Vegas when you’re trying to save for college.”

The president targeted Las Vegas last Feburary (sic) at a town hall in Elkhart, Ind. when he was asked about corporate responsibility.

“You can’t get corporate jets. You can’t go take that trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers’ dime,” he said.

My advice to Democrats from the first post is reinforced. If he offers to campaign for you, run, screaming.