Most cats didn’t hear of Rep. Tom Reed until the Tickle Me Massa scandal (Google it), but a lot of us were fans of the former Corning Mayor well before that, so there is a great deal of pride to see him getting national attention. Granted the NY-29 might as well be part of Canada as far as us on The L.I. are concerned, but I’m still a fan. 
Just in the past few months, Speaker Boehner chose him to be one of the conferee’s of the payroll-tax bill (don’t get me started), and Politico named him runner-up of the Freshman classes “Most Likely to Succeed.”
As his sophomore year starts, Reed recently interviewed with National Journal to reflect back on his time so far in Washington…
“About 98% of blog-based political analysis begins with the assumption that the average voter is similar to the blogger.” - Jim Geraghty
