Chris Coons: I Did Not Have Pet Relations With That Majority Leader, Harry Reid

Yesterday Harry Reid declared that the former bearded Marxist Chris Coons, who is running for Joe Biden's old Senate seat, was "his pet".  In fact, he said it twice.

Today the official Coons spokeshole is denying Reid's assertions:

"We're hoping the Majority Leader will apologize to Chris' wife, because she's the only one who gets to call him that," McElhatton responded with a laugh. It's the campaign's official line, but I then asked about how the "pet" remark might play in the race against O'Donnell. It's well known that Republicans are going to hit Coons hard for raising taxes as New Castle County executive. Won't Reid's enthusiastic embrace feed the narrative that Coons will go along with every big-spending, tax-raising Democratic initiative in Washington? "Chris is not anyone's pet and will not be a rubber stamp for anyone," McElhatton answered.

When pets go bad. Looks like Reid will have to bring the Dog Whisperer in to straight Coons out.