Harris wins Fla. GOP Senate nomination

[onehandle]

MIAMI - U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris (news, bio, voting record) overcame a campaign ridiculed even by her own party to claim the GOP nomination for the Senate on Tuesday, and Rep. Jim Davis (news, bio, voting record) held a narrow lead in the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed popular Gov. Jeb Bush.

With 48 percent of the precincts reporting, Harris had 50 percent of the vote against three relative unknowns. Attorney Will McBride ran second at 30 percent, and retired Navy admiral LeRoy Collins had 15 percent.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_el_ge/florida_election

Nelson's huge win in November will sweep other Democrats into office.

[K8-EEE]

1. Yay! Congrats to Senator Nelson

On his upcoming reelection!

[never_get_over_it]

8. Yes something to be so proud of

Bill Nelson - the Joe Lieberman of the South - without the kiss......this Dem won't be voting for him.

[William769]

10. He happens to be my Senator

And I'll take him any day!

[never_get_over_it]

17. Well he happens to be my Senator too

and I'm sure he will continue to be. However for EVERY issue I have EVER contacted him on he has voted the opposite way - he does not represent me and he WILL NOT GET my vote....well unless the machines give it to him...one never knows how ones vote will be counted here in the land of sunshine

[William769]

24. Well I guess you will be voting for Harris then

Yea that will teach them! :eyes:

[brg5001]

75. A vote against Nelson is a vote for Frist, Brownback, Sanitorium +Cheney

With all due respect, I must differ with never_get_over_it. I contacted Sen. Nelson about the Federal Marriage Amendment, and he voted AGAINST IT because it would be the only amendment that would deny rights to a specific group of invididuals. I also asked Sen. Nelson to vote against the confirmation of Sen. Alito, and he did vote AGAINST Sen. Alito's confirmation, although not for the reasons I enumerated. Still, I was satisfied. He has also threatened to filibuster any effort to weaken laws concerning drilling off Florida's coastlines, and has insisted that the prescription drug law be modified to force Big Pharma to negotiate over pricing. Furthermore, he opposed the insertion of un-Christian know-it-alls into the personal affairs of the Schiavo family, and he supports the creation of a nationwide approach to disaster insurance that will address the legal blackmail now perpetrated by the reinsurance industry.

I do fault Sen. Nelson for voting in favor of the Flag Protection Amendment. But we must recognize that by not supporting a Democratic majority, we end up with a Republican majority that puts wingunts like Brownback, Sanitorium, Maccaca and Frist in charge of committees and legislation. Of course, ties are broken by Dick "Darth Vader" Cheney!

Bill Nelson's is an important voice of rationality and reason. Our other Senator, Mel Martinez, is a brown-nosing Bush loyalist who will NEVER stand up for the interests of non-elites and looks for every opportunity to bash gays, lesbians and other convenient targets of the un-Christian right.

Please reconsider, never_get_over_it. Otherwise, we may end up with Norma Desmond impersonator Katherine Harris crowing about how Jesus took control and put her in the Senate. We can't let that happen. The situtation for Democrats in Florida holding statewide office literally demands that we vigorously support Sen. Nelson for re-election and to bring out our voters for every other seat. The primaries are over. This is a critical election year and we must unite behind our candidates and get our leadership in charge of the Congress and as many statehouses as possible.

[never_get_over_it]

76. I will not reconsider

and please for the love of GOD do not give Nelson any credit for his Alito vote because he supported cloiture and then voted against Alito - voting for cloiture was as good as voting for Alito. The flag burning amendment would be enough to not vote for him too -

I have heard Brian Moore speak in an interview with Bob Kincaid and I really liked him and therefore will vote for him. If I thought for one moment that Katherine Harris could win this thing I would reconsider - but the repunk leaders don't even like her - I really believe there is not a chance she can win and therefore I will not vote for someone I CAN NOT STAND - Bill Nelson.

on edit btw: thank you for your well thought out post - unlike others who just said I learned nothing from 2000 and why don't I just donate to the GOP. I completely understand where you're coming from I felt the same way in 2000 about Nader - but this is not the Presidency and I don't think it will even be close and I just can't hold my nose again - when I have the Brian Moore alternative - it is bad for my soul.....

[brg5001]

79. I understand your point and respect your decision

I do understand your point. I am very disappointed that Bill has not sharply criticized the administration's rhetoric at the very least, concerning the war in Iraq. He simply needs to stop being so nice to everyone and give the Republicans the sucker-punch they deserve.

[K8-EEE]

87. Understood and Respected But I So Disagree...

Gosh these third parties are just so helpful to the BushCo crooks and liars. Truthfully the Green party helped put him in office as much as Kat Harris did.

If BushCo were just Republicans or Conservatives or whatever, sure, I'd vote 3rd party more often but JhC, they are SOOO evil and so dangerous to our very survival...that someone like Nelson becomes a really good choice in comparison, IMO. The only way to get these weazles out is to make them a minority party.

[kenfrequed]

97. Another random green-bashing?

We should be reaching out to the Greens and incorporating them. They Republicans are the only ones that stole that election. Turning around and shouting at the greens because our party was running in '1994-appease the repukes/inspire no one' mode is what lost votes to the greens.

[kenfrequed]

98. That said

I recommend voting for the Democratic candidate that is endorcesed by the primary

[K8-EEE]

100. Hey I Didn't Bash The Greens

My dad is one....I just don't agree with voting for them in Nat'l elections during the BushCo era, that's all...which it seems we agree on.

[K8-EEE]

13. OK Vote For Kwazy Katie Then! Those Are Your Choices...

Except Nelson's gonna win anyhow!

I LOVE my Senator (Boxer) but she would never get elected in FL. You have to be realistic; he's probably they best FL can do considering all the BushBots they got.

[never_get_over_it]

19. Please - I'd slit my wrist before I'd vote for that

effing bitch - there happens to be an independent running and that is who I'm voting for - and you are very lucky to have Senator Boxer see her picture here - I LOVE HER TOO - I'm sure Nelson is probably as good as this stupid state can do - but I'm not voting for him

[Ignacio Upton]

23. This race will tighten

Straight-ticket Republicans will vote for her as soon as they find out she has an "R" next to her name. They don't care if she's a Starbuck's-swilling, campaign-collapsing, corrupt dingbat. And even though she didn't get daddy's money, she'll still have enough to run ads. Look for the race to go to 60%-40% or even 55%-45% in a month. That is, unless Nelson starts running ads.

[Divine Discontent]

34. your title speaks for me, too

but I will vote for Nelson, happily. We're in a rather shitty situation in FL, there's so many kool aid drinkers, and sadly, the poor has never voted at the same clip the rich have, and won't until it's made extremely easy to vote for everyone.

Bill is definitely a conservative Democrat. However, he has his good points, and just a few bad, imo. He's afraid of losing votes for appearing too liberal, or he isn't really very liberal, I'd tend to take him on his word that he's not a liar typical politician and is just not as liberal as we'd like him to be, but his ethics are unquestioned imho, and that's why I 100% endorse him to all I speak to. Batshit Crazy is the alternative, ya know.

www.cafepress.com/senbillnelson

[Hissyspit]

51. Better get ready to slit your wrist. Because in final effect you will be

voting for her.

[rrasile]

90. Go ahead, vote for her

so the world can laugh their butts off at your state.
By the way, can you just guess how F****** ugly that bitch will look in six years.
Hell even Liberman will run away from kissing her.

[NotGivingUp]

91. now that's just what counts now, isn't it? what will she LOOK like...at

the top of my list of what's important...NOT!!!

[ananda]

63. I hear you!

I feel the same way about voting for Chris Bell for gov. of Texas.
I can't stand him.

Of course, I can't stand Rick Perry even worse... and I definitely
won't vote for Kinky... so that leaves Carol Strayhorn, I guess.

No choices in Texas these days... it'll have to be hold my nose
and suck it up and just vote for Strayhorn, hoping that she'll be
a moderating force against all the Rightwing Craddick crap that's
been forced on us lately.

Sue

[Bridget Burke]

72. What are your specific problems with Chris Bell?

They must be bad, to convince you to vote for the Republican-Turned-Independent Carol Keatland McClellan Rylander Strayhorn.

[0007]

77. Maybe Texas will hijack Ben Nelson from Nebraska?

[superconnected]

73. You'd think ppl'd have learned from 2000 when the greens said it didn't

matter, but obviously, I guess they, and you, have't.

Throw away your vote on a candidate that can't win to feel better.

And why you're at it, why not donate to the GOP.

[Name removed]

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[jpak]

81. Cut the Dem bashing - and the drama

We need every southern DINO D we can get to take back the Senate.

Get over it.

[tabasco]

96. This is a Democratic message board.

Advocating against Democratic candidates is prohibited.

So anybody on this board can tell you what to do with your vote.

And if you waste it on an independent at a time when our country is in peril, then you can stick your vote up your ass.

[dionysus]

105. maybe you should leave DU if you hate the dem candidates

in your race. just sayin...

[ShaneGR]

36. Interesting.... lets look at his stands on the issues....

http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Bill_Nelson.htm

* Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)
* Voted NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. (Mar 2004)
* Voted NO on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. (Mar 2003)
* Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)
* Expand embryonic stem cell research. (Jun 2004)

* Favors requiring companies to hire more women & minorities. (Sep 2000)
* Voted YES on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration. (Jun 2006)
* Voted NO on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006)
* Voted YES on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
* Voted YES on loosening restrictions on cell phone wiretapping. (Oct 2001)
* Rated 60% by the ACLU, indicating a mixed civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)

* Voted YES on repealing tax subsidy for companies which move US jobs offshore. (Mar 2005)
* Voted YES on reforming bankruptcy to include means-testing & restrictions. (Mar 2005)
* Voted NO on restricting rules on personal bankruptcy. (Jul 2001)
* Rated 48% by the US COC, indicating a mixed business voting record. (Dec 2003)

More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)

* Opposes parents choosing schools via vouchers. (Sep 2000)
* Voted YES on $52M for "21st century community learning centers". (Oct 2005)
* Voted YES on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005)
* Voted YES on funding smaller classes instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
* Voted YES on funding student testing instead of private tutors. (May 2001)
* Voted YES on spending $448B of tax cut on education & debt reduction. (Apr 2001)
* Rated 91% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes. (Dec 2003)

* Supports spending resources to stop Global Warming. (Sep 2000)
* Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's AMWR. (Nov 2005)
* Voted YES on $3.1B for emergency oil assistance for hurricane-hit areas. (Oct 2005)
* Voted YES on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%). (Jun 2005)
* Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)
* Voted YES on Bush Administration Energy Policy. (Jul 2003)
* Voted YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010. (Jun 2003)
* Voted YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill. (Mar 2003)
* Voted NO on drilling ANWR on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)
* Voted NO on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months. (Mar 2002)
* Include pickup trucks in CAFE; include hybrids in HOV lanes. (Feb 2002)
* Keep efficient air conditioner rule to conserve energy. (Mar 2004)


Much more

[Divine Discontent]

40. excellent info source, thank you! he's a moderate dem

and as I said, he got to be a senator because of that slightly conservative tilt. He is only against a few issues I'm for. He's a very nice man. I hope the lady will vote for him that said she won't. We need her.

Kathy (nutso) will get at least 43% of the vote.. there's that many nutjobs down here... all she has to do is constantly complain about gays molesting children and crazy shit like that and koolaid drinkers will vote for her.

folks, there's a LOT of rebel flags in trucks down here. and she flaunts her breast enlargements and most of them will vote for her after watching her batshit crazy ads slamming sensitive treatment of all citizens and her Pro-War stance against the "towel heads"...

sad. but Bill will win, I'm confident!

www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<- must see

[niceypoo]

46. Two words...

WOO HOO!!

[samsingh]

2. you go harris! now spend to win the Senate

watching harris get demolished in a general election is small retribution for her dominating role in destroying democracy in America. but it's still fun to watch.

[MODemocrat]

12. Her opponent has a very narrow lead

How do you get that she will be demolished in the general election? Lord knows I hope you're right. :hi:

[K8-EEE]

14. It's Polling Something Like 65%/35% Nelson...

I mean if he loses he DESERVES to lose....

[MODemocrat]

25. Sorry, I read that post wrong

He's polling 50% for the democratic nomination; not against Harris!?~~~I think this general election is going to be the death of me. I want our side to win so badly, and truly believe they will. I just think I'm losing it.

:blush: :blush: :blush:

[samsingh]

42. Nelson is beating her by about 20 points in the polls

i think you're looking at a repug primary poll

[humbled_opinion]

30. You underestimate....

There is a huge base of evangelical Christians in Florida that will vote for her regardless of her stance on any issue as long as she is pro Bush and Pro Life she will get their votes... Now how suppressed will the GOP turn out be in Florida that of course is the Key to her loss. I think if the GOP can stir up their base Nelson may have some difficulty ahead. He is not a shoe in and hasn't really done anything important in his last 4 years. Barbra Boxer and John Kerry Democrats he is not he voted No to John Kerry's troop redeployment bill and he voted Yes to authorizing Military Force in Iraq so if enough Democrats feel like he is not worthy of being supported then in fact he will lose to Katherine Harris..... So take nothing for granted hold your nose and vote.

[demo dutch]

84. True but he's generally liked by seniors and I hope that he'll get

support from Graham since he's helping out Davis's gubernatorial campaign

[krispos42]

53. Sam Seder will be happy. Plenty of materiel.....

So would Mike Malloy :-(

[warrens]

68. I want all of that $10 million pissed away

As always, I will travel to Florida at my own expense to help her locate a shopping cart and to scout out the best dumpsters in greater Sarasota.

[madfloridian]

3. Others races called....

AP calls GOP gov race for Charlie Crist, CFO race for Tom Lee. I wanted Alex Sink to win for CFO.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Now the fun begins...

How many more campaign staffers will circulate through Cruella's revolving door, and how many more weird gaffes will escape her pruny lips?

[Skip Intro]

6. I can't wait until the debates.

[Erika]

9. With her tight fitting tops

showing her new-to-her boobs.

[Skip Intro]

27. lol. "I got my new boobs for Jesus, who has endorsed my campaign"

Lordy. At least there'll be some comic relief this election cycle.

[saltpoint]

5. Re the Jennings-Schneider race for Harris' old congressional seat:

with 304 of 326 precincts reporting, Christine Jennings leads Jan Schneider, 62% to 38%, according to the URL for Sarasota's ABC affiliate:

http://www.wwsb.com/

[Ignacio Upton]

18. Schneider lost twice to Harris in narrow races

I'd rather see someone new, especially if the winner is going up against the Republican that said black people can't swim.

[saltpoint]

26. I've updated my post there with Sarasota's WSB tv's numbers for

this race.

It looks right now as if Jennings has won, although I do not know if the race has been called. I'm not sure where those precincts are in the district either. But the lead appears to be significant.

I hate Vern Buchanan and hope we can put a Democrat in that seat. It would be great if there were a Democatic Congresswoman from west-central Florida in Harris' old seat.

[Erika]

7. The schizoid GOP is something else

The Bush's condemn her and the GOP go for her.

[MODemocrat]

11. What am I missing here about Nelson?

I can't see anything about Nelson on this thread. HELP!

[Ignacio Upton]

16. He's unchallenged

So there was no primary news.

[MODemocrat]

21. Thanks Upton, that certainly answered my question

I'm getting edgy over this General Election; Just want the democrats to take over "something".

[Ignacio Upton]

22. My underlying sense of pessimism tells me not to take any race

for granted. Not even Florida. Nelson is already losing points in a Rasmussen poll, although the loss is attributed to an increase in undecideds, while Harris only gained one point.

[Initech]

39. For him, this will probably be easier than running unopposed!

:popcorn:

[RoyGBiv]

15. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

Perfect.

Lordy, what a mess. This will be one entertaining campaign.

[Eugene]

20. Yay! She has two more months to self-destruct in public.

Spend that $10 million, Kat! You can do it. :bounce:

[illinoisprogressive]

28. Wonder if she fixed her own election?

of course, Blackwell will in Ohio.
I saw her being interviewed and am totally convinced she is really crazy. not just in laughs but, for real.

[demo dutch]

85. She's no longer Secr. of State

[Spiffarino]

29. You go Plucky Katie! Start digging into that "10,000,000 dollars!"

[Divine Discontent]

31. she can't spend what she doesn't have

her family is stopping her.

[Spiffarino]

32. Yeah, I know.

I photoshopped that before the story came out.

[Divine Discontent]

41. I made several stickers with that info on it too...

well, let's put it this way, we're happier than a false preacher watching the donation plates being filled, because she doesn't have it after all!

[HughBeaumont]

35. Her calling cards are too small.

But the side pose is right on!

I bet she has to sneak up on a glass of water to get a drink.

[Spiffarino]

38. Damn. You're right.

I should have stuffed the taters a bit.


On a side note, have you noticed she always goes into 3/4 profile when Hannity interviews her? Sometimes she even does that weird "sixties sex kitten" thing with her lips.

Creepy.

[HughBeaumont]

62. You mean like this . . .

\

ULTRA VOMIT!

[krispos42]

57. Argh! My eyes! MY EYES!!!!!!!!!

Damn, that keep happening to me! My eyes wander up the trim hips, over the full (if fake) breasts, then... then....

THE FACE!!!!!!

Argh! I need mental floss! Briana Banks or something...

<shudder>

Rodney Dangerfield would call her a two-bagger... you put a bag over your head in case the one over her head rips!

[tabasco]

95. That lady gives me nightmares.

The good news is the combat nightmares went away, but the KH nightmares are FAR WORSE!!!

Aggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! That face!!!!!

And some DU'ers say they would DO HER!!!!!

How fkkking desperate can you get???????

[krispos42]

101. Lights off, and keep the protruding parts of your body below her neck

All of them! Don't look or feel her face. You won't like it!

[exlrrp]

64. MAKE HER SPEND IT ALL!!!

To see this woman impoverished trying to live on the Republican minimum wage would be solid proof there IS a God
It may be a fantasy but its a pleasant fantasy

[lpbk2713]

33. Now let her go broke pouring Daddy's money into her hopeless campaign.

And may she choke on her next Starbuck's.

[LynneSin]

56. She doesn't have Daddy's money

Turns out her mother has daddy's money and ain't parting with it

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060830/LOCAL/208300335/1078/news

Campaign funding pledge continues to haunt Harris

St. Petersburg Times
After months of hearing members of even her own party second guess her run for the U.S. Senate, Katherine Harris said she would pump $10 million of her own money into her financially strapped campaign.

In an emotional announcement on national TV in March, Harris said she would use every penny her late father had left her.

Minutes later, while still in the New York studio where she made the announcement, Harris received a call from her sister. She and their brother were furious that she had not told them she was going to spend family money on her campaign, according to her former senior consultant Ed Rollins, who was with her that night.

In the days that followed, several former staffers, including Rollins, said Harris learned she would not directly receive any inheritance from her father. Instead, his assets, reported to be as much as $100 million, were left to her mother, Harriet.

Harris, a millionaire in her own right, quietly regrouped and changed her plan, telling employees and supporters that she was going to liquidate everything she had to fund the campaign.

[lpbk2713]

71. Apparently her family has a good idea Krazy Katie is nutty as a fruitcake.

So now she'll blow her own money and the Florida goppers won't bail her out either.

[PurityOfEssence]

37. Never thought I'd be happy to see her win anything,

but this should really get the rabble out to the polls.

[judaspriestess]

43. I thought the Repuke assholes were distancing themselves from

this asshole? She is wacko and detrimental in the long run no?

[wisteria]

44. She has become an embarrassment and a disgrace to the Republican

party. I am glad she isn't a Democrat.

[The Wizard]

70. Do you really believe the party

of the Klan can be embarrassed? Can a party that has an illiterate bone head as its leader be embarrassed? Can a party that rails against homosexuals while having many homosexuals in leadership positions be embarrassed? Can a party of ranting raving demagogues be embarrassed? Can a party that knifes veterans in the back and calls that supporting the troops be embarrassed? Can a party that calls over 60% of Americans Nazi sympathizers be embarrassed knowing their leader's grandfather was busted for laundering Nazi money in WW II? The list is endless. They have no sense of decency. They have no shame. They hate America and by extension, American ideals. Dante described a special place in the Inferno he called the Ninth Ring of the Ninth Circle reserved for the Kool-Aid drinking butt plugs we know as chicken shit, chicken hawk Republicans.
Ah, that felt good!:bounce:

[rpannier]

45. Hazzah!!!!!!!! Congrats you old witch

That's one race that WON'T require a lot of money to win.

[lilypad_567]

47. katherine harris

i think that nelson will win, but the seat will go to katherine harris. i think that this will be like the george bush/al gore things. we all know that al gore won, but than the courts gave it to bush. so i bet that nelson is going to win, but that there will some problem with the voting machine, thus causing the courts to step in, and ultimately giving it to harris. she did help bush in 2000, what makes you think that she won't do the same for herself?

[krispos42]

58. She's no longer the Secretary of State

That might help. But it's like Rhandi Rhodes says, if they're gonna steal it, make them make it so blatant we can take to the streets.

[eviltwin2525]

48. There is a god....

and he and/or she has a delightfully sick sense of humor. No matter what else goes sour in the world, we are assured at least two more months of theater of the absurd. Until the cows come home. Hee hee hee!

[Orrin_73]

49. Crikey, I like that

That means a huge victory for Nelson!!

[liberal N proud]

50. A Cleveland TV station described it this way

The woman responsible for putting George Bush in the White House may be getting a new address in Washington.

She hasn't won anything but the primary and they already have the fix in.

[Stevepol]

52. Get a grip. FL is not a democracy. Harris only has to win Diebold to win.

FL is the moxt "fixed" state in the country next to GA. There's absolutely no way to know that the vote that is reported has anything remotely to do with the actual vote.

Harris could quite easily win if the machines report it so and why shdn't they? She's a Repub after all and will allow the corruption and money grabbing to go on without let. The machines are tilted for the Repubs, and they can be tilted as much as desired by the "technicians" or whoever has the keys to the back doors and programs the vote. It can be done at any level from local to the central tabulator. The laws in the state pretty much prevent recounts or audits so it could easily be that she's already won.

It might very well be that the machines gave her the primary victory in the first place. Why knows?

[Apollo11]

54. Dam right!

Anyone who thinks that the results of elections in Florida accurately reflect the intent of the voters of Florida obviously hasn't been paying much attention these past six years ...

I will not breathe easy until the results are in the bag.

Is anyone else having the same nightmares as me?

Harris "wins" Florida and Blackwell "wins" Ohio ... :scared:

[krispos42]

59. Rational people stayed home, I guess

Look, to a normal, reasonable Republican, you know, the kind that was popular BEFORE Newt & Co. took charge in 1994, Harris is crazy. I bet a lot of them stayed home, disgusted with the whole process. So the Harris vote might well represent the neocon-type hardcore vote turning out in larger numbers than the reasonable ones. I bet a lot of despairing reasonable Republicans (who actually might harbor secret desires for Dems to win and stop the maddress) will just stay home in November, leaving the voting to the angry Democrats, angry independents, and fanatical neocons. And I know there are a lot of angry Democrats and independents out there. There have to be!

[brg5001]

78. Lady Katherine: Free entertainment for Florida's masses

From: Delray Beach, Florida

Half of Florida's Republicans are economic conservatives. The other half are disgusting, anti-minority warmongering un-Christian crazies. Katherine Harris has successfully appealed to the wingnut set with her outrageous brand of religious/cultural bigotry. Howard Dean called her a criminal and that's essentially what she is, because there is no way that the chairperson of a campaign should be responsible for counting the votes in a campaign, period. She is also up to her hair in Repuke lobbyist money.

However, the anti-Harris vote was split among three candidates. She can't win in November and has been deserted by the Republican leadership because they know that her presence on the ballot hurts them. She won as expected here. But she couldn't be elected dog catcher in her own district. It's over for Katherine Harris and she's happy to play the victim all the way down.

Note that Tom Gallagher lost the Republican nomination for governor here by bashing gays and immigrants and calling the front-runner, conservative Charlie Crist a "liberal." I know -- ridiculous. However, he was beaten 2-1.

Look on the bright side: We'll all enjoy FREE ENTERTAINMENT and the possiblity of a total meltdown that still looms for Ms. Harris, Florida's tragic Citrus and Cattle Baroness and Norma Desmond/Tammy Faye/Joan Crawford impersonator.

[The Witch]

55. Thank you dear lord AHAHAHAHAH

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[muchacho]

60. wtf?

How stupid are Florida Republicans?

[whistle]

61. This really shows just how insane the republican voters are in Florida

....:hide: :yoiks:

[Mad_Dem_X]

66. Doesn't it, though?

I mean, come on...

[demo dutch]

83. Reason is noone votes in the FL primary. Worst ever was "92 only 17% voted

so that leaves only the absolute diehards and they still like her!

[Mad_Dem_X]

65. Whoo hoo!

Good news for a Wednesday morning.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

67. This should get the complacent democrats who might not normally

vote but who HATE Harris out to the polls in November. This is a good thing because it will boost other votes for democrats running for other offices.

I hear the Diebold argument and I don't underestimate it, but I also don't underestimate voter rage. And if anyone can inspire that, Katie is the gal!!

[TheCowsCameHome]

69. OK, It's time to call in 19% Dick and 32% George to help her

lose.

[krispos42]

86. Like Michell Bachman does here in Minnesota's 6th CD

Even brought in Rove himself. I know when he came because the sunlight was sucked from the sky and vultures sat in trees.

Of course Michelle like to fund-raise in the rich, suburban 3rd District, not the semi-rural and rural 6th. Hmmmmmmmm...

Go Patty Wetterling!

[thoughttheater]

80. Tongue-in-cheek visual of Katherine & Anita

Florida votes...while the country chuckles...see a tongue-in-cheek visual of two of imfamous Floridians singing their favorite "Church & State" Hymns...here:

www.thoughttheater.com

[IronLionZion]

82. Congratulations Katherine, it will be your last victory this year! NT

[TheCowsCameHome]

89. ............and of your career..............

[kerry-is-my-prez]

88. A lot of people are embarrassed to admit they voted for her - but they did

n/t

[Bushladen]

92. And who

Knows, she helped dumb ass take Florida, so they owe her big time. And if she doesn't get what she wants, she might blab. Not that that would change anything now. So this can go either way.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

93. two more months of laughs

looking forward to it.

and she can now be a drag on the rest of the GOP ticket in Fla.

[Leo 9]

94. Goody! Goody! Goody!

This is going to be fun!

[mdmc]

99. welcome to DU bro!

peace and low stress....

[raysr]

102. "I win or I talk about "election 2000!" nt

[Eclectic Man]

103. As Chris Berman would say "she... could... go... all... the... way"

I don’t think so....

[Samantha]

104. My theory is the Republicans PUBLICLY distanced themselves from her

and privately supported her all the way.

Harris is TOO polarizing a figure for the Republicans to publicly support her and risk injuring others at risk. So what would Karl Rove do? He would advise the prominent GOP'ers to publicly distance themselves from her and privately do whatever he good to grease her wheels.

After all, Bush* owes her EVERYTHING. And he does pay his political debts. Had he not, Harris would have talked.

How else can one explain a Harris win in Florida that the Bushes did not support? It defies political logic.