Katherine Harris Planning US Senate Run

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[Bush Cheney]

Watch your makeup compact, Hillary, Florida's Katherine Harris may have her eyes on the United States Senate, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

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Against the apparent wishes of senior Bush strategists, Harris has decided in her heart and mind that she will seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat, sources close to Harris tell DRUDGE.

"She wants it, wants it badly!" a top source said Thursday. "She'll make her decision public within the next week."

The source, who has daily contact with Harris, cautions the congresswoman still could hold back and not make the run, in deference to the president and his brother's wishes.

Sarasota County's GOP chairman, Tramm Hudson, said he spoke to Harris Tuesday night and that she seemed ready to run, according to reports. Harris continues to be one of the party's top fund-raisers.

Elsewhere, Texas Senator Kay Hutchison has reportedly advised her republican counterpart to "Go for it!"

If elected Harris would join a select group of women ever to serve in the United States Senate.

MORE Harris advisers dispel any notion that bad blood still runs in Florida over Harris's role in the 2000 election drama.

"Look, Governor Bush handily won re-election last year, after 2000, and the state's voters did not punish him," notes one top Harris strategist who asked not to be named.

"And they will not punish Katherine. The senate campaign will be on the issues, and electing the best person to represent Florida in the senate!"

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[B Knotts]

She's not at odds with President Bush, just with Karl "Grima" Rove.

[Always Right]

No, everyone did not.

Maybe not 'everyone', but certainly all the leading Democrats though Jeb was toast, or else they would not have made it priority one to defeat him. The Dems were certain the people of Florida were still upset over the 2000 fiasco. Katherine's has a higher positive rating than negative rating, so I think the anger is way overblown.

[Republican Wildcat]

The Bush-bashers are just making things up as they go along. It's nothing new. Harris has supported Bush's policies, so this "she's more conservative than Bush" stuff is pure fiction.

[Republican Wildcat]

I disagree. The Democratic leadership wanting to defeat Governor Bush to humiliate his big brother isn't the same as it being political consensus that Bush was going down to defeat.

[MonroeDNA]

Thanks!

[ClintonBeGone]

The Prez needs more votes than the Republicans. He needs the undecides, and sorry to say, right now, Katherine drives them away in droves.

Funny how the statistics don't back you up one bit. Tell those friends/voices in high places they're betting wrong on this fine lady.

[Rome2000]

Whoever it turns out to be, the GOP must make every effort to take this Senate seat from the Demlibs.

The GOP is about to make the rats job of holding on to Grahams seat a lot easier thanks to some egomaniac and her enablers.

[Republican Wildcat]

Uh-OH, looks like its another Arnold vs McClintock FR fight Why don't some of you people get Hillary to change her party to republican? That way the media would love your candidate, it woukd not energize the dems against your candidate, and all that matter is that your (r) candidate wins...right?

Embarrassingly ridiculous.

[Republican Wildcat]

What do you mean, not good. Katherine would make a great Senator.

Whether or not she would be a good Senator is not in dispute.

[OneTimeLurker]

"Think for how the left will bring up (aka attack) her involvement w/ the 2000 election."

Why is the relevant. She executed the law as she interpreted it. Nothing wrong with that.

[Rome2000]

Uh-OH, looks like its another Arnold vs McClintock FR fight

Thank God all those Democrats voted for Arnold in California.

Somehow I don't think Harris will be getting a lot of rat votes.

[Stone Mountain]

You're joking, right?

Nope, just ignorant. I know very little about Katherine Harris, I seem to remember that she helped the Bush cause in the last presidential election Florida debacle. So why doesn't the White House want her to run?

[Republican Wildcat]

Bush bots are bing heard from, the current occupant of the Whitehorse can do no wrong in their eyes, much as the klintoon bots so no wrong with the former occupant of the white house.

The validity of the subject matter aside...what does this have to do with the topic of this thread?

[Rome2000]

Well, she does have to win the primary, after all.

I'm sure she will be getting a lot of contributions from Democrats all over the country.

[OXENinFLA]

I think the lefts' line will be:

"This is the woman that put George W. Bush in the White House, she must be destroyed"

[BlueNgold]

Gotta love a tight t-shirt ... thanks for making the morning move a little faster ..
Ladies: sorry for the chauvanism, but I'd rather be honest than lie to y'all

[OXENinFLA]

And when was the last time the left cared about the law?

[BlueNgold]

Mindbender: Where does Joe S fit into all of this? He is still an (R) Powerbroker, and he owns the panhandle. Any word on how he's leaning or who he's backing?

[dts32041]

Sorry to hear that, if it's true

Was replying to this post, about the wh not being happy with this turn of events.

[Republican Wildcat]

She didn't "help Bush" beyond enforcing the law as was written. She was ravaged by the press for doing this. She was the most prominent figure in the news during the election fiasco, most of the press being very negative.

In the political sense, she's the equivalent of Hillary on the right as far as being polarizing (unfairly so, I will add, but it's still a fact). Her candidacy could severely damage the President's chances of carrying Florida, and without it, he's probably toast.