The liberal press has gone after Harris' campaign since she first announced. They are trying to knock her out of the running because she CAN beat Nelson!
It's the same thing we saw in 2000....smear campaign and politics of personal destruction....Some FReepers have joined the liberal full court press attack on Katherine!
This letter was in the Sarasota paper today and it expresses exactly what we are seeing!
She's an effective legislator
As one who campaigned for Katherine Harris in her two successful runs for Congress and who supports her current senatorial effort, I do not recognize the candidate Harris your paper describes. The hateful and fact-free letters you choose to publish are bad enough, but add to them Jeremy Wallace's guilt-by-association pieces and little truth emerges.
Forget the calumny for a change and print this: U.S. Rep. Harris is an intelligent, extraordinarily well-educated, politically astute and truly caring person, who happens to be one of the most effective of the newer legislators in D.C. In her first term, her bill to provide low-income workers with loans for first-time homeowners' down payments became law.
Many veteran lawmakers have yet to have their own bill passed. Also, on her watch, the long-sought veterans cemetery became a reality -- and was located in Harris' congressional district. These things don't just happen. It takes lots of energy, know-how and the respect of her peers.
The so-called "scandal" about MZM contributions is ridiculous. It was the contributions that were illegal -- not Harris' conduct. Her efforts to obtain a $10 million grant to bring 200 well-paying jobs to Sarasota were honest. I read that her opponent in the Senate race, Sen. Bill Nelson, sought more than $1 billion in special grants. Tell us who will benefit from that billion and whether they contributed to Nelson.
Harris has been an excellent congresswoman and will be a better senator. Despite the efforts of the media, or perhaps as a result of them, she is going to win this election. She has never lost at the polls. She is a winner.
Florida's voters are fair-minded. They will see through the smoke screen and elect Katherine Harris.
Julie, I have one question for you, as someone who is not from Florida and not as familiar with Katherine Harris as are you.
Is she more like a Pat Toomey from PA or an Alan Keyes as a Senatorial candidate?