Heads Up: Jan Schneider on Colbert Report tonight.

[graywarrior]

Jan ran against Katherine Harris in 04. This ought to be a riot. Jan's kinda kooky, in a good way.

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Schneider gets air time. by Jeremy Wallace

Schneider is so frustrated with her party that she even checked out what it would take to switch to being an independent.

Schneider said last week that she went to the Supervisor of Elections office and found out it would be pretty simple to dump her Democratic registration after a lifetime of being with the party.

"I was curious and frustrated," she said. "But I've been a Democrat my whole life, because I believe in what the party used to stand for and is supposed to stand for."

Schneider is one of seven candidates -- including three Democrats -- running to replace U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, R-Longboat Key, in the 13th Congressional District.

Schneider says the national party seems to lack direction and has been meddling in her primary battle
with fellow Democrat Christine Jennings, a retired Sarasota banker. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rahm Emanuel, the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, are among the national leaders who have given money to Jennings for the 2006 campaign.

Schneider decided to stay a Democrat, but that doesn't mean she'll stop her criticism of the party. Tonight, Schneider is scheduled to be a guest on "The Colbert Report," a late-night comedy show on Comedy Central.

Schneider said she expects to have a laugh about the party's lack of direction in Washington with Stephen Colbert, the snarky host of the 30-minute program that airs at 11:30 p.m.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060424/COLUMNIST89/604240439

Me and my buddy, Jan.

[graywarrior]

1. Just a reminder, peeps.