The Republican National Committee may have thought it was dogging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid by satirizing him as cartoon character Scooby Doo, but Reid is getting scrappy with the portrayal in his own fundraising appeal.

Reid, who was caricatured as Scooby Doo in a recent controversial Republican pitch to top fundraisers, wrote that he thought the comparison to the cowardly, but lovable Great Dane was Scooberrific.

“It’s been a long time since I watched cartoons with my kids, but I recall Scooby Doo as a pretty good character,” Reid said in a fundraising e-mail asking for donations of up to $50. “He solved mysteries and caught the bad guys, pretty impressive — especially for a dog.”

Reid’s embrace of Scooby Doo should probably come as no surprise since the Nevada Democrat is the underdog in his re-election bid in which he is trailing three GOP opponents in opinion polls. So far, he will need a Scooby Doo-like ending to overcome the odds.

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