A WHOLE LOT OF HATE IN A VERY SMALL PACKAGE:

Reid shares Senate ideas (MOLLY BALL, 8/21/08, Las Vegas REVIEW-JOURNAL)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., defended Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman on Wednesday after the former Democratic vice presidential nominee accepted a speaking slot at next month's Republican convention in Minnesota.

"He has a close personal relationship with John McCain. I don't fully understand why he does," said Reid, who said Lieberman called Tuesday from the Republic of Georgia to alert him to the move.

"I told him last night, 'You know, Joe, I can't stand John McCain.'"

Hey, you'd resent John McCain too if you'd achieved less as Majority Leader than Maverick does from the peanut gallery. Hating him requires some sort of mental imbalance, but that seems common enough among Democrats since 2000.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 21, 2008 12:48 PM