Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. Photo: wiki commons.

Mediaite – Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid probably knew exactly what he was doing when he endorsed Republican Congressman Paul Ryan for Speaker of the House Tuesday afternoon.

Reid told a gaggle of reporters that he was a “Paul Ryan fan” and hoped the former Republican vice presidential nominee got the nod. “He appears to me to be one of the people over there that would be reasonable. I mean look at some of the other people,” Reid said. “…Generally speaking we’ve been able to work with him.”

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