Why it might be a good idea to hold off writing a check to the Alan Grayson for Senate campaign

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, who is running for the U.S. Senate seat, is the one who took Allen West to the woodshed and taught him a thing or two about American politics; here's one for example: Wrapping yourself in the flag and shouting silly slogans will only get you so far.

In more good news for Patrick Murphy the U.S. Senate minority leader, Harry Reid, had a thing or two to say about Alan Grayson, Murphy's opponent for the Senate seat. Here are two excerpts from John Kennedy in the Post on Politics blog:

     [Harry] Reid said in a statement that Grayson claims to be progressive but seems to have “no moral compass.” He said [Alan] Grayson used his office to unethically promote a hedge fund that until recently had been based in the Cayman Islands.

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     “His [Grayson's] actions aren’t just disgraceful to the Democratic Party, they disgrace the halls of Congress [emphasis added],” Reid said.
     Reid’s decision to take sides in a Democratic primary is unusual. But the Democratic establishment has been getting behind U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, seeing him as the stronger general election candidate in a swing state.

Some of you might be wondering, "who is Allen West?" Exactly. Old news.