A Woman Scorned (Katherine Harris faces an uphill battle in Florida)

The Wall Street Journal ^ | February 2, 2006 | PETER A. BROWN

[Gay State Conservative]

Not that it's important,but I've gotta say that Katherine Harris looks better in a pair of jeans than anyone else in Congress!

(preparing for brickbats from Lady Freepers)

[My2Cents]

She's vilified, why? Because she obeyed the election laws of Florida in 2000. She fulfilled her obligation after the election in 2000, and now she's skewered for it.

[Cicero]

I like Katherine Harris. She did her job in the chad wars, and did it properly.

But I thought she was dumb to run for the senate this soon, before she had run up some experience in the House, and against the advice of the leadership. She was in too much of a hurry to climb the ladder. Now we may lose a promising politician who was badly advised.

[HEY4QDEMS]

[Truth29]

Somebody post the picture of her on a horse. It ought to be a new FR rule.

[Joe Brower]

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[talleyman]

okay, she's got my vote (and I don't even live there.)

[colorado tanker]

Thank you! We conservatives do have the best looking women.

[1Old Pro]

But I thought she was dumb to run for the senate this soon, before she had run up some experience in the House, and against the advice of the leadership. She was in too much of a hurry to climb the ladder.

I wholeheartedly agree. Too soon.

[HEY4QDEMS]

and I don't even live there

That's never stopped a Democrat.

[K-oneTexas]

You would have preferred no horse!

[HEY4QDEMS]

We sure do!

[Gay State Conservative]

I think that this photo should feature Barbara Mikulski's head. ;-)

[BonnieJ]

It is too bad she ran this soon, does she have any chance at all? Will she now be out of the House or is she going to also be on the ballot for that seat?

[untwist]

As a S. Fla. resident who was active in the support of Pres. Bush during the 2000 fiasco, I can only say that this perception of Katherine Harris and how the post-election drama played out cuts both ways. The MSM will always take the left-side view and assume that the prevailing wisdom is of Katherine as a negative figure. To Republicans she was a hero who stood up for what was right.

Remember that the left pulled out every stop in 2004 to try to destroy Bush. You could not get away from Kerry down here. On the Sunday before the election I wanted a rest from all the election noise and was out in my front yard playing with my 2-yr. old son. Just as I was relaxing I could hear the drones of a loud microphone more than a mile away of none other than Lurch himself shouting more of his nonsense at our local university. There was no getting away from him or his obnoxious campaign. Still through it all Bush won the state by about 380K votes. Remember also how McAuliffe assured everybody that they would defeat Jeb. He won in a landslide in spite of 1000% support from every liberal they could find.

I think she will have a good chance against our left-wing astronaut.

[NavyCanDo]

With the likes of Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell representing me here on the other corner of the country, I will gladly call Katherine Harris my adoptive Senator.

[colorado tanker]

Kim Smith is the Babe-of-the-Week! Hubba, hubba.

[GianniV]

She's totally hot - have u seen the picture of her on the horse?

[GianniV]

I don't care about her experience in the House. I want someone who's a true conservative - you don't need experience for that.

And we don't need another phony (R) Senator who gets insulated in the Senate and forgets the meaning of "limited government."