Idiot Floridian Republicans Eating Their Own.

Rep. Harris upbeat on Senate run
Now a long shot, Harris says she's focused on Senate run

By JOE FOLLICK
Sarasota Herald Tribune
TALLAHASSEE BUREAU

TALLAHASSEE -- It would seem that few in Florida politics suffered through a more miserable 2005 than Katherine Harris.

The Longboat Key congresswoman's attempt to replace incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in the 2006 election was impeded by her own Republican Party leaders who engaged in a public attempt to find another candidate.

Polls show her trailing Nelson badly, she failed to meet her own fund-raising targets, and the caricatures from her role in the 2000 presidential election were resurrected.

Worried? Not she.

"It's been a great year," she said, rattling off a list of accomplishments in Congress and praising a re-energized campaign team.

Her former campaign manager cited Harris' fixation on her work in Congress as a reason for abruptly leaving his post earlier this year. Harris says she's now fully focused on the campaign.

She cites a fund-raising tour that will begin next month with Fox News talk show host Sean Hannity as the host in six Florida cities.

"Whenever you have to get into a campaign, I think there's always a mental transition it takes me to get there. I'm certainly focused now and excited," she said.

Harris said the media "kind of jumped the gun on me" by devoting so much attention to her campaign.

"I hadn't really intended to start the campaign so early," she said, decrying the "fabrications" of her campaign's woes as "neither true nor having an effect."

She notes that the nonpartisan Cook Political Report still lists the race as competitive, despite polls repeatedly showing Nelson with up to a 20-percentage point lead.

"That may be the hopes of the media," she said. "I don't think they'd be writing about it if they weren't worried we'd win."

Republicans spent much of 2005 trying to find someone else to run against Nelson, fearing Harris' controversial role as Florida's secretary of state in the 2000 election would make her a long shot.

The biggest sign of desperation came when House Speaker Allan Bense, well-respected in Tallahassee but little-known around the state, was courted in a White House meeting with President George W. Bush's top advisers.

On top of that, Harris' fund-raising ability -- assumed to be a strength given her national fame from her role in the 2000 presidential election as Florida's Secretary of State -- has instead disappointed, falling short of the $1 million she predicted. She has about $470,000 in her0 in her campaign account compared to nearly $6.5 million for Nelson.

I am really tired of these GUTLESS, SPINELESS, TURNCOAT, BACKSTABBING, (did I SAY GUTLESS?) GUTLESS, SPINELESS,, Republican career politicians who are fighting Katherine Harris' bid to be the next Senator from Florida. Yeah, Yeah, I understand it is their state and not mine, but Harris has earned her spurs. She stood up forthrightly and did her job AS DIRECTED IN THE FLORIDA ELECTION LAWS in spite of the immense pressure being applied on her by the SCOFLA and the "Whining Gore Posse" during the 2000 Presidential Election. Her reward for carrying the Florida Republican Party's water, snide remarks about her appearance, typical Left-wing attacks, from members of her own party. As far as I can see, she has done a great job in the House, and deserves the shot. It is time for Jeb and the other Republicans to stop playing games and let the people decide. When Republicans begin to mimic Democrats, I know we are in trouble. You Go Katherine!!!

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