Why Harry Reid hates Romney

“Reid is doing all this on his own,” said a source close to the Democratic leader. “This is his instinct at work combined with his distaste for Romney whom he thinks lacks any foundational principles or spine, and appears to feel entitled to gentler-than-normal treatment. Reid thinks that if you’re going to get in the ring you should be ready to take some punches.”…

In keeping with his very public mingling of faith and politics, Reid bristles at the notion that Mormonism should somehow be off limits in this race, Manley said.

“[For Reid] it’s no different that raising how Ayn Rand, for instance, relates to Catholic teachings,” Manley said. “The fact is you can’t square Ayn Rand with the Gospel of Christ.”