AP: Republicans Fail to Woo Top Candidates

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Republicans Fail to Woo Top Candidates

By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Aug 30, 2006 (AP)— Click on Katherine Harris' Senate campaign
Web site and look for the blog.

"This section will be updated soon," reads a message dated May 29.

A Web site 100 days out of date is hardly the worst of it for Harris, whose political
wounds, many of them self-inflicted, make her the poster woman for Senate Republican
recruiting woes. Missed opportunities, stumbles and bad breaks in a half-dozen states
or more in 2005 have tilted the map toward the Democrats in ways that are still
unfolding.

"In every single state where they were challenging one of our incumbents they did not get
their first choice and in many cases they did not get their second," said Sen. Chuck
Schumer of New York, head of the Democratic campaign committee.

As a result, he said, "we can spend our time and money challenging their incumbents."

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Full article: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2374247

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1. Duh! Everybody knows the Dems have the top candidates.

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