[JohnnyZ]

The statistics show that she actually did better with voters in her congressional district than Bush did when he ran in 2000.

It's true that she got 55 where Bush got 54. But then again 2000 was a Democrat year, while 2002 was a GOP year. And:

That's hardly someone who voters run from.

"In the end, voters in this Republican-leaning district returned to form and gave her a 24,300-vote winning margin. This margin was lower than those of other Republican candidates running in pretty similar Republican performing open-seat races in south and central Florida. Republican Mario Diaz-Balart took 65 percent of the vote in the newly created 25th district and former House Speaker Tom Feeney took 62 percent in the new 24th district." http://www.cookpolitical.com/display.cfm?edit_id=39

According to the folks in the know, she didn't run a good campaign for Congress and had to be bailed out with last minute attack ads from the NRCC.

[Republican Wildcat]

Are you serious? She needed NRCC help in that district?

[JulieRNR21]

The link in your post #151 doesn't work. Please correct if possible.

And instead of a doc file in #158 please provide a link to Mason Dixon Poll.

Thanks

[Always Right]

It's true that she got 55 where Bush got 54. But then again 2000 was a Democrat year, while 2002 was a GOP year.

I believe the congressional district was redrawn in 2002 to include more Democrats, so Katherine's numbers are really better than that.

[ClintonBeGone]

"In the end, voters in this Republican-leaning district returned to form and gave her a 24,300-vote winning margin. This margin was lower than those of other Republican candidates running in pretty similar Republican performing open-seat races in south and central Florida. Republican Mario Diaz-Balart took 65 percent of the vote in the newly created 25th district and former House Speaker Tom Feeney took 62 percent in the new 24th district." http://www.cookpolitical.com/display.cfm?edit_id=39 According to the folks in the know, she didn't run a good campaign for Congress and had to be bailed out with last minute attack ads from the NRCC.

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.