Apparently Sen Reid thinks the President over reached in the State of the Union Address.

Like other members of Congress who support earmarks, Reid argues that having a means to direct spending to his district is essential to doing his job. “I have a Constitutional obligation to do congressionally directed spending,” he said. “I know much more about what should be done in Elko, Las Vegas, Nevada than some bureaucrat does back here.”


Is it essential to "do the job" or is it essential for re-election . . . or are the two things intertwined?