A real-life Miranda Priestly...
August 28, 2006

Regardless of your political leanings, this woman is nuts. It's Miranda Priestly/Leona Helmsley v. 3.1x! W00t!

First, some background from the Palm Beach Post. Here's a snippet, but there's lots more:

“Two days earlier, she had left some books in the aide's car as he drove her to campaign events in Florida. That night, when she returned to Washington, she called the aide and told him to send the books to her right away. He sent them the next morning by FedEx, but Harris returned to Sarasota that day before the books arrived. She kept saying 'I need those books. Why didn't you get them to me?' She wouldn't let it die," said the aide, one of more than a dozen key staffers who have quit Harris' campaign for the U.S. Senate this year.

“For those travel aides, a top priority was to get her Starbucks coffee, no matter where she was campaigning, "and God help him if it wasn't hot," an aide said.” Several aides said Harris was so obsessed with Starbucks coffee she insisted that Starbucks locations be mapped out when she was traveling from one campaign stop to another.

Aides also painted a picture of Harris as someone who was obsessive about her appearance.

Here's a lovely follow-up from CNN.com. Enjoy.