Posted on 08/12/2006 1:24:26 PM PDT by Torie
Both Bush Brothers need to campaign for Harris and help win this seat.
No. Florida GOPers need to support someone who actually has a chance to beat Nelson. My understanding is that Harris first has to win a primary that hasn't yet taken place.
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KH is an impressive woman, but the U.S. Senate is out of her reach for now. She should stay in the Congress a few more terms.
She's done.
Thought so. At least she can still be a helluva fund raiser organizer.
A true shame. Nelson is a disaster.
LOL.....I'll bet many here won't even get the joke....
"Nelson 60% Harris 25%"
But there are still some 15% uncommitted, leaving some room to work here.
The thing about polls some two-and-a-half months out, is that they are carved in very soft stone indeed. While it looks like Katherine Harris has a commanding lead in the primary, even considering the lack of encouragement she has had from Republican leadership in Florida, part of what happens is that the earlier isolation will melt away, should our own Snow White manage to make a decent margin over her GOP rivals. If one studies her campaign up to now, she has purposely run ONLY against Bill Nelson, with practically no reference to competing Republican contenders.
Considering the number of "tell-all" former campaign workers who have carried stories of a campaign in disarray, these ought to be taken with a grain of salt, as some of them are disinformation deliberately spread to aid in the campaigns of rivals. By all reports, Katherine Harris has performed ably and well representing her Congressional district in the US Congress.
Is she a hard person to work for? That is a matter of conjecture, depending on who is doing the working. Or not working. Is she in any way an incompetent or stupid person? Not by any objective standards, as she is remarkably well-informed, and has been a most exemplary Representative, staying in touch in her home district and making sure her vote gets counted on the floor.
Does she draw the fire of Dem'crats? You bet. But there is a certain core of voters, and activists that work among those voters, who would not vote for Katherine Harris for ANYTHING, because the thought of the 2000 election results in Florida still rankles.
THAT ELECTION STILL STANDS AS LEGAL! Despite the challenges thrown up at the time, the state government, and Ms. Harris as a constitutional officer of that government, were bound by the existing laws, and could only act within them, in spite of what a wrong-headed court ruling said. Because the Florida Supreme Court never declared the way the law was applied in error, only the outcome of that application, which they did not agree with. The first findings of the Florida Supreme Court were plainly in conflict with all legal precedent and the clear letter of the law.
Possibly the most inept campaign in Florida history. The campaign should have been about Nelson, but KH let the media and the RATs make it about her. Meanwhile, Nelson keeps a low profile, conserves his campaign funds and gets ready to trounce the GOP nominee. Tommy Franks would have been a great candidate and would have handed Nelson his ass.
Thanks. I DID have trouble finding it on the net eleswhere under "surveyusa." :)
As a Floridian, I second that. Nelson is truly a disaster.
The 47% undecided figure in the GOP primary poll result is interesting. Harris has 28%, and the rest have about the same. Some might suggest that the natives are restless.
Vote for McBride in the primary. Harris can't win.
Vote for McBride in the primary. Harris can't win.
Alan Bense won't because he's about to become Crist's running mate.
Vote for McBride in the primary. Harris can't win.
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