Inside The Beltway Harry Reid vs. Anybody or Somebody By Michael Green If you want to understand what is going on with Nevada?s U.S. senators, you need to know something about Chou En-Lai and Abraham Lincoln. No, they never met, but that?s not the point. start with Chou En-Lai and his connection to John Ensign. The story is that in 1971, Chou was meeting with Henry Kissinger as part of the process that led to Richard Nixon visiting China. Chou was legendarily shrewd, and showed it in his talks with Kissinger. During one of their encounters, Kissinger asked him what he thought of the French Revolution of 1789. Chou replied to the effect, ldquoIt is too soon to tell.rdquo Well, you have read and heard plenty of news lately about Senator Ensign. As this goes to press, if you want to know what it all means, it remains too soon to tell. So we will tell no more here, at least for the moment. And you might say Abraham Lincoln proves the wisdom of that attitude. Until April 14, 1865, many still considered him a backwoods bumpkin, in over his head. Assassination produced martyrdom, contemporaries and historians began rethinking him, and now Lincoln is widely considered our greatest president. Abraham Lincoln probably isn?t the next person who comes to mind when you think of Harry Reid. Perhaps both make you realize that appearances can be deceptive. Lincoln didn?t look like The Great Emancipator he became or the shrewd political operative he was. Reid doesn?t look like the tough leader he is or champion boxer he was. Read the rest by subscribing to NWW! © 2009 joyce communications