Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval came into office with tough talk about taxes. Since then, it seems, he's grown disenchanted with Grover Norquist-style governance. For the second time in as many years, he's pushing to extend a group of temporary tax increases, rather than cut public-education funding. What is the world coming to?

Sometimes, it's good to be Harry Reid. You get to announce that the Department of Energy is loaning your state $350 million to create a geothermal power plant, which draws energy from water heated deep in the earth. It also creates jobs! (OK, not too many jobs, but 330 temporary construction jobs and more than 60 permanent jobs.)

Also, your former staffer now chairs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and can help derail that pesky and unpopular Yucca Mountain project.

A rally calling for passage of the DREAM Act. Today, Sen. Harry Reid said he would make a final push for DREAM during the lame-duck session.

Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is probably among the least popular politicians in the country, at least among the electorate that came out to vote yesterday. He is part of the trifecta of politicians Tea Party people love to shout out as those responsible for ruining the country -- along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Obama. Yet he won he re-election pretty soundly. He won 50 percent of the vote, while his challenger, Tea Party darling Sharron Angle earned 45.

Politico is reporting that senators from both sides of the aisle wrapped up their energy-and-climate-legislation powwow today with President Obama, who apparently reiterated his desire for a price on carbon and told everyone present to "aim high." With an energy and climate bill already out of the House, this places the burden squarely on Harry Reid and the Democrats to come up with legislation that can pass the Senate before the end of the co