Senate closed session fallout

There are those on the right like Michelle Malkin who believe that Sen. Harry Reid's stunt to close the Senate session yesterday as nothing more than a temper tantrum, and that it will play badly with the public. I beg to differ. What really happened is that the Democrats were able to get their talking points across because regular people don't understand the traditional courtesies of the Senate and why exactly closing the session was a temper tantrum.

By closing the session, the Democrats got the political momentum for the day and were able to frame the event in any way they chose, while the Republicans were forced to play defense by having to explain away the entire event.

Smart move...for a Democrat.