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Katherine Harris Planning US Senate Run
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Posted on 01/08/2004 8:42:04 AM PST by Bush Cheney
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To: JohnnyZ
She has a 29% positive approval rating, 27% negative. The usual standard for a healthy approval rating is 2:1 positive.
What relevance is this when you don't know who she'll be running against? Hillary had worse approval numbers than Lazio and still whipped his butt - and there we knew who both candidates were.
To: MindBender26
The Prez needs more votes than the Republicans I don't understand why you say this, didn't he pick up all the illegal immigrant votes yesterday?
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posted on
01/08/2004 2:31:19 PM PST
by
itsahoot
(We are a people, and not a polyglot boarding house. Theodore Roosevelt - "The Square Deal")
To: sanatanDharmi
those same people hate him (gw bush) also. Actually they hate her for sticking with W in 2000 election. So by your logic bush need not campain in FL for presidential election.. its.. lost cause .. I have no idea what your logic is, if any.
My logic does not equate Bush with Harris.
Harris is well known but only 29% of people view her favorably, 27 negatively, the rest neutral or don't know.
Bush is universally known and in November, before the Thanksgiving trip and Saddam, he had a 53-30 favorable ratio. http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/local/7343228.htm
Bush is in a whole nuther popularity league from Harris.
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posted on
01/08/2004 2:37:01 PM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Abolish the food tax)
To: Always Right
Hillary had much higher unfavorability numbers and still won. Source?
In any case, if Harris were running in Texas (the GOP equiv of NY) it would not be a problem, but Florida ain't Texas.
Harris can win and at this point is has the best polling numbers of all the GOP candidates.
No she doesn't. She loses to Castor by 5 points. McCollum loses by 1, Martinez by 2. She has the worst favorability ratings (aside from Byrd), and leads the primary ballot mostly based on name rec.
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posted on
01/08/2004 2:39:56 PM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Abolish the food tax)
To: ClintonBeGone
That quote is a sweeping generalization that has no statistical validity. You can't compare her district to any others. They are each unique. But you can compare how candidates did in the SAME district. I have previously pointed out that 2000 was a subpar GOP year, 2002 was a great one in Florida. So everyone did better. Most people (Jeb, MDB, Feeney) did a lot (7-10 points) better than GWBush did in 2000. Harris did only 1 point better.
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posted on
01/08/2004 2:43:54 PM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Abolish the food tax)
To: GraniteStateConservative
Are you giving up hope on Sununu so soon?
To: JohnnyZ
Florida's legislature is better than 2-1 Republican. Texas can't even claim that.
To: MindBender26
But Rove's fronting Mel Martinez for the Senate is race-based politics pure and simpleIt is far beyond that. Here in Florida, you need to run 5 races
Tancredo carried his race with 70% of the vote, and yet Rove wants to run someone against him. Go figure seeing how he has an (R) by his name and all.
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:02:38 PM PST
by
itsahoot
(We are a people, and not a polyglot boarding house. Theodore Roosevelt - "The Square Deal")
To: sanatanDharmi
Katherine will have my vote whatever she decides.
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:03:41 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: JulieRNR21
That would be sweet indeed. I remarked to KH at the victory party in 2002....the Dems aided & abetted by the liberal media tried to destroy you in 2000....now we (meaning her Sarasota supporters) are sending you to Congress!
Her eyes filled with tears & see gave me a hug!
That's a great story. I'm glad to have people like you working for our cause... a lot of Harris naysayers could take a lesson from you.
To: Sloth
She's pretty, but she could firm up her bod a tad.
DOH!
To: itsahoot
>>>Strange, before Bush was elected that number was 50, or 50+VP.Strange?! Nothing strange about wanting 60 votes to overcome any future Demlib filibusters. Now is there?
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:09:28 PM PST
by
Reagan Man
(The few, the proud, the conservatives.)
To: JohnnyZ
I have previously pointed out that 2000 was a subpar GOP year, 2002 was a great one in Florida. So everyone did better. Most people (Jeb, MDB, Feeney) did a lot (7-10 points) better than GWBush did in 2000. Harris did only 1 point better.
First, the stats you cite only matter if you break them down in her congressional district. Second, you said it yourself, SHE DID BETTER THAN BUSH. If even at her worst (the first time the florida votes had a chance to take out their hate on her after the 2000 election) she STILL did better than GWB, then what possible reason is there for saying she shouldn't run because she would hurt him?
To: HostileTerritory
Florida's legislature is better than 2-1 Republican. Texas can't even claim that. You know as well as I that that's an entirely different story than senate preference. Get a grip!
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:11:47 PM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Abolish the food tax)
To: JohnnyZ
Katharine Harris is a Florida Republican, not a Texas Republican.
To: JohnnyZ; sanatanDharmi
Trying to get a winning candidate is disgusting?
She is a winning candidate. How many elections has Mel Martinez won? I'll give you a clue - the answer starts with ZERO.
To: HostileTerritory
Katharine Harris is a Florida Republican, not a Texas Republican. Precisely my point -- she can't be unpopular and still have 10 points of leeway to play around with, like she would in Florida, or like Hillary had in New York.
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:17:39 PM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Abolish the food tax)
To: HostileTerritory
Excuse me:
Precisely my point -- she can't be unpopular and still have 10 points of leeway to play around with, like she would in TEXAS, or like Hillary had in New York.
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:18:35 PM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Abolish the food tax)
To: itsahoot
Tancredo carried his race with 70% of the vote, and yet Rove wants to run someone against him. Go figure seeing how he has an (R) by his name and all.
Yeah, but Tancredo is an absolute nut. It cracks me up when the media pushes him out as the 'conservative' in response to Bush's immigration reform. We'll worry about outting ol Tom in 2006.
To: ClintonBeGone
Katherine Harris Ran 6-9 Points Behind Comparable Republicans in Comparable Districts in 2002.
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posted on
01/08/2004 3:21:45 PM PST
by
JohnnyZ
(Abolish the food tax)
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