Is Harry Reid Feuding with the White House?

The Senate leader's top aide breached Washington tradition and blasted President Obama over the midterms. Now, the White House is hitting back.

Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada and Senate majority leader, left, talks to David Krone, Reid's chief of staff, following a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 12, 2013.
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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By Lisa Lerer

November 8, 2014 at 7:56 PM UTC

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One of most intriguing storylines to emerge in messy aftermath of the midterm elections is the level of animosity between the White House and the Democratic Senate. Though much Internet ink has been spilled about the dysfunctional relationship between Obama and his Democratic congressional colleagues, those tensions seem to be at an all-time high as Democrats try to sort through the reasons behind their electoral shellacking.

The best tidbit to emerge recently comes from a report in the Washington Post on Nov. 5 where soon-to-be former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's top aide, David Krone, publicly slammed the White House for what he saw as the president's failure to adequately fundraise for the midterm elections: