It’s time once again for Berkley to pound on Heller

Come on, why not just call him "Mean Dean?"

Shelley Berkley continues her daily barrage of criticism of Dean Heller, this time over the U.S. Senate  appointee’s recent votes "to deliberately shield Wall Street millionaires from a new Wall Street Watch Dog agency and from rolling back their special tax breaks."

The Senate has scheduled a confirmation vote for Richard Cordray as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It’s also considering whether to roll back tax breaks for the wealthy in an effort to continue payroll tax breaks for the middle class. Most Republicans favor continuing the payroll tax cut only if it doesn’t add to the federal debt.

Is Rep. Berkley’s shellacking of Heller as a Wall Street pawn foreshadowing for their 2012 Senate showdown?

My money’s on "yes."

Berkley: "This week the Senate will take two crucial votes that will give each Senator the opportunity to show Nevadans who their priorities are with: middle-class families or Wall Street bankers and millionaires. Dean Heller has made it clear that his number one priority is not protecting middle-class families -- it’s protecting Wall Street billionaires.  Whether it’s intentionally keeping the watch dog agency incapable of holding Wall Street accountable or blocking middle-class tax relief to protect millionaires and billionaires -- Dean Heller is just plain wrong for Nevada."