Dems team up with 'Demon sheep'

Have Democrats teamed up with a mythical creature created by a Republican senatorial campaign?

It appeared that way on Tuesday when the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) took note of a tweet by @demonsheep, a Twitter account that tweets parody messages based on California Senate candidate Carly Fiorina's (R) often-mocked "Demon sheep" campaign ad. 

The DCCC tweeted:

RT @demonsheep: email from @dccc again giving Bush credit for my policies, calling them "failed". will rip their throats out when snow melts

The Fiorina ad used the sheep as a simile for supporters of her primary opponent former Rep. Tom Campbell, whom Fiornia says is a "fiscal conservative in name only."

Here is the original campaign ad, which took Twitter by storm last week: