Posted on 02/14/2006 8:59:28 AM PST by Neville72
Florida Senate: Republicans Supporting Harris
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
February 6, 2006
Election 2006
Florida Senator
Bill Nelson (D) 49% Katherine Harris (R) 40% RasmussenReports.com
February 14, 2006--In recent weeks, several Republican political leaders in Florida have stopped trying to push Katherine Harris out of the U.S. Senate campaign and decided to support her efforts. Governor Jeb Bush, Lt. Governor Toni Jennings, and members of the state's Congressional delegation have indicated that they will campaign for Harris.
Rank-and-file Republicans have made the adjustment as well. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of GOP voters now plan to vote for Harris in November. That's up from 59% in early January and matches Senator Bill Nelson's support among Democrats.
Overall, however, Harris still trails Nelson by nine percentage points, 49% to 40% (see crosstabs). Among voters not affiliated with either the Republicans or Democrats, Harris trails badly, 64% to 18%.
Forty-four percent (44%) of Florida voters now have a favorable opinion of Harris, up from 34% a month ago. Forty percent (40%) have an unfavorable opinion.
Nelson is viewed favorably by 53% and unfavorably by 27%.
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The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports February 6, 2006. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points at the midpoint with a 95% level of confidence (see Methodology).
A shame. She won't win. Nelson is moderate enough (in acutality vs. appearance is something to be debated) that he'll draw enough from both sides of the aisle. Could be worse, I guess.
Nelson is well liked by most everyone in the state. His efforts to protect and even add to military installations has won favor in Jacksonville and the Panhandle.
Harris needs to link him to the rest of the Senate liberals by showing how many times he voted with Kennedy, Boxer, etc.
"A vote for Bill Nelson is a vote for Ted Kennedy" would be a good slogan.
Ahhh, I fell better now.
You're joking right?
SHA-Zam!
He voted against the ban on partial birth abortion and he voted against Judge Alito.
He gave Michael Moore's radical propaganda movie 'Farenheit 911' a thumbs up!
His voting record is as liberal as Hillary & Kennedy!
If you want Harris to win......join her team & make a donation so she can tell Floridians the truth about Nelson!
GO HERE: http://www.electharris.org
Did you just write that? I don't like him at all, and I don't know anyone who does.
Confirm Judge Alito to the SCOTUS? Nelson (D) Florida: Nay.
The worn-out photo posted endlessly is getting tiresome, to boot....if you pardon the pun.
Or, if this suggestion rubs any droolers the wrong way, and just to be fair, someone should start posting some full frontal photos of conservative male senatorial candidates in thin, skin tight jeans and bare torsos posing next to horses.
Yep, that would do it. That's the ticket. That would help their candidacies immeasurably.
Hubba, hubba.
Leni
Congresswoman Harris has a record of accomplishment and deserves to be treated with respect.
A former IBM marketing executive and vice president of a commercial real estate firm, Congresswoman Harris earned a Master's Degree from Harvard University with a specialization in international trade and negotiations, and a Bachelor's Degree in history from Agnes Scott College. She studied abroad at the University of Madrid and at L'Abri outside Geneva, Switzerland.
Congresswoman Harris has received numerous honors for her dedicated work on behalf of Florida including: the Mel Fisher Award for International Trade Advocacy; the Florida Economic Development Council Legislator of the Year Award; the Florida United Business Association Outstanding Legislator Award; the Florida Arts Advocacy Award; the Sarasota Manatee Jewish Family and Children Service's Philanthropy Award; the Sarasota Humanitarian of the Year Award and the Sarasota Statesman of the Year Award.
Here's one of my favorites. Katherine Harris is speaking to the Harvard Alumni group, of which she is a member:
Thanks for the ping.
This image is actually my all-around fave of KH:
Leni
Katherine Harris has improved her standing somewhat, but she still has a long way to go.
Looks like 60% is her absolute cieling. Go Katherine Go.
Florida Republicans have collectively shrugged and said, "She's in the race to stay, she'll be our nominee whether we like it or not, so we might as well make the best of it."
It says much about Bill Nelson's weakness as a candidate that Harris actually has a chance.
She's within striking distance. A well run campaign and she can win.
Nelson is well liked by most everyone in the state. His efforts to protect and even add to military installations has won favor in Jacksonville and the Panhandle.
B.S. He is a liberal as you get them. Same was this our lame former Governor and ex. Senator Bob Graham!!!
Thanks, that's a great looking horse!
The Republican "leadership" and activists need to stop griping and start supporting Harris 100 percent. This race is difficult, but not impossible.
Thanks to the FReeper who posted the hot shot of this beautifully shaped lady on a horse. Sheesh ...
Opposition within the GOP to Katherine Harris has ended. Republicans are going through the motions of supporting her now.
Now that's the spirit.
Nelson voted no on Alito and gave the thumbs up to Farenheit 9/11. Bill Nelson delenda est.
The race is starting to tighten up and the poll numbers are looking a bit more realistic. The 25% lead that Nelson had in some earlier polls was ludicrous. I still believe that it will probably be a 55%-45% win for Nelson, unless our side can absolutely demolish Nelson's faux "moderate" persona that the voters seem to believe he has. We have little choice but to go major-league negative if Harris is to have a shot at all.
ROTFLMAO!! I love these pronouncements in February. I imagine many objective observers would say that an incumbent polling under 50% is vulnerable. But apparently not in this case.
I agree -- if Nelson's 49% above is actually supposed to be 69%.
So who's stopping you?
I didn't expect that from you. She's a challenger pulling 40% in February, against an incumbent who can't break 50%. She's got nothing to worry about, except the folks around here who keep trying to bury her.
Well, well, you've certainly changed your tune. John Kerry, 's dat you? But you can't even credit her, can you? [shaking head]
At no point did I say that Katherine Harris is a good candidate, or that she should be the nominee. And all of my previous FL postings had mentioned that Bill Nelson was a bland, unspiring candidate who had made little impression. So I haven't pulled a John Kerry.
But I admit, the race has tightened more than I had expected.
Sanity-check ping.
I still say that Katherine Harris is a bad candidate and shouldn't be the nominee. But what's done is done, so there's no point in opposing her.
It turns out that Bill Nelson is also a poor candidate, and he doesn't appear to be holding up well under public exposure. He owes his last election to his opponent's shortcomings, not his own strength. Where I went wrong is in overestimating Nelson's appeal, not underestimating Harris's. It's given Harris an opening. I hope she's able to exploit it, but whether she can remains to be seen.
Maybe so but I don't like the sob.
Harris is showing more strength than expected, but it's still uphill.
Nelson is an incumbent polling at under 50%. If anybody's got a hill, it's him.
Katherine's ratings with independents is troublesome. But then again, it is an off year election. So these independents may not bother to vote.
Yes, and so are her high negatives. But she can make some improvements on both as people actually see/hear her (as opposed to media portrayals). I'm more concerned with this premature declaration of death among her own kind. If we can get past that major sticking point, I think KH will do pretty well.
I can tell anyone who can reach her campaign, if she supports motorcyclists in FL (we ride year round) she will have an instant army of election workers.
She has come across too wishy washy, and too much in the nanny state category.
not a joke.
Nelson has his own machine. He has to in FL. The Democrat Party in FL is useless and near non existent except in a very few select pockets.
Nelson is very formitable and he is not stupid. He runs to the right to CYA.
He did come out for the boy scouts. He will probably support the FL marriage amendment. He has supported motorcyclists.
Harris needs to cut to the right HARD. She needs to get ahead of the curve. She needs to publicly and LOUDLY support the FL and the federal marriage amendments, support the scouts, and come out very strong for LEGAL immigration.
sorry but conservative men prefer their female candidates to look like women, not pants suit wearing lesbians.
Sorry but the "podium shot" is pedestrian and not distiguished.
Quite frankly, the fact she is a horse rider is more significant than how she can imitate a manequen behind a podium.
Just my two cents. (after all, unless she says something really stupid I will end up voting for her. ie we don't need another martinez weak brain.)
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