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McBride Closes on Harris for GOP Senate Nomination
http://www.mcbrideforsenate.com/Home/McBrideforSenateNews/McBrideforSenateNewsDetail/tabid/61/Articl ^ | 24-07-2006 | Will McBride Campaign

Posted on 07/27/2006 4:51:40 PM PDT by davidosborne

McBride Closes on Harris for GOP Senate Nomination Date: 24-07-2006

Will McBride, vying for the Republican nomination to oppose Senator Bill Nelson in November, ran a dead heat against Representative Katherine Harris, Sunday, in a key straw poll. Republican activists in Seminole County gave Harris a razor-thin two vote margin at their biannual Elephant Stampede in Altamonte Springs.

"I am deeply grateful to the many GOP supporters who attended the Seminole Elephant Stampede and cast their votes for me", McBride commented. "It is deeply gratifying after just two months to have gained the support of so many knowledgeable Republicans, and we will continue to visit party meetings throughout the state to get our message out.

"The people who support our candidacy believe with me that Bill Nelson can be defeated", McBride continued. "I am running to stop out of control spending and the wasteful practice of earmarked legislation for special interest groups and it is clear from this vote that Republican activists in Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary and Winter Springs - and throughout Seminole County -- have got the message.

"We are disgusted that, according to the Congressional Research Service, $53 billion was wasted in more than 14 thousand private pork projects in 2004. We are worried that the national debt is growing by nearly $2 billion dollars a day and that we pay interest of more than $350 billion a year on that debt.

Voting results at the Seminole County Elephant Stampede, hosted by three women's Republican clubs in the county, were as follows: Katherine Harris 78, Will McBride 76, Leroy Collins Jr 12 and Peter Monroe 1.

"My chief opponent for the Republican nomination has been in the race for nearly a year", McBride observed. "She has universal name recognition and in just the last three months spent more than $2 million on her campaign. "That we have run virtually even with her in this important straw poll means two things about informed voters: they want an alternative to Katherine Harris and that alternative is Will McBride."


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2006polls; 60in06; election2006; electioncongress; flelection2006
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1 posted on 07/27/2006 4:51:40 PM PDT by davidosborne
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To: davidosborne

I'm voting for McBride. Harris can't win.


2 posted on 07/27/2006 4:54:15 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

How is Harris doing after her surgery?


3 posted on 07/27/2006 4:55:17 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

Don't know.


4 posted on 07/27/2006 4:56:05 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: JennieOsborne; /\XABN584; 3D-JOY; 5Madman; <1/1,000,000th%; 11B3; 1Peter2:16; ...

Passing it on.. Personally, I am leaning towards Will McBride at this point, but I can still be persuaded.. I welcome FReepers attempt to talk me out of supporting Will McBride..


5 posted on 07/27/2006 4:56:06 PM PDT by davidosborne (DavidOsborne.net)
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To: Perdogg

I read she is doing fine after her surgery, although I don't have a source for the statement.


6 posted on 07/27/2006 4:57:51 PM PDT by Laverne
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To: davidosborne

Hopefully McBride is gaining and will eventually surpass Harris. I'll take someone with little name recognition over a person who is widely known but (almost) universally disliked.


7 posted on 07/27/2006 5:00:35 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: davidosborne

I am left wondering how the Republican Party of Florida allowed it to come to this.....and I'm a member of it.


8 posted on 07/27/2006 5:03:58 PM PDT by capt. norm (Bumper Sticker: Honk if you've never seen an Uzi shoot from a car window.)
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To: davidosborne

Misleading headline - this was a ***straw poll*** - not a scientific poll. The title may in fact be true, but the story doesn't really support it.


9 posted on 07/27/2006 5:04:58 PM PDT by xjcsa (The internet is not a truck. It's a series of tubes.)
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To: davidosborne; zerelda; The Old Hoosier; Always Right; BeHoldAPaleHorse; KoRn; new yorker 77; ...

There is also speculation that Harris will win the primary and drop out of the race afterwards. Here's that article:

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060726/NEWS01/607260328/1010

Whether it's true, I can't say.


10 posted on 07/27/2006 5:06:53 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (illegal aliens commit crimes that Americans won't commit)
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To: xjcsa

Fair Enough....


11 posted on 07/27/2006 5:07:41 PM PDT by davidosborne (DavidOsborne.net)
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To: davidosborne

While I will always appreciate the way she handled herself and the events of the 2000 election- I'm not inclined to support her..too much baggage I think.

It is amazing the way we Florida Republicans keep tearing ourselves up - after the last go round with McCollum and Martinez, I'd hoped we'd be less at each other's throats..but it seems not the case.

I don't honestly think she can beat Nelson- that is my main goal.


12 posted on 07/27/2006 5:16:32 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet-pray for Israel))
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To: JulieRNR21; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; summer; Goldwater Girl; windchime; ...
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13 posted on 07/27/2006 5:18:02 PM PDT by Joe Brower (The Constitution defines Conservatism. *NRA*)
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To: davidosborne

A straw poll...


14 posted on 07/27/2006 5:37:15 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: SE Mom
I can't believe we're giving this dangerous leftist a pass!!

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15 posted on 07/27/2006 5:39:42 PM PDT by AdvisorB (For a terrorist bodycount in hamistan, let the smoke clear then count the ears and divide by 2.)
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To: Brilliant
I'm voting for McBride. Harris can't win.

I'm inclined to join you, but I'm not a Florida resident. Do you have a spare Diebold so I can get started? (I burned mine out voting in Ohio in '04.)

P.S. Don't let anyone from you-know-where see this post. We've gotta keep the secret.

16 posted on 07/27/2006 5:45:13 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: sphinx
" Do you have a spare Diebold so I can get started? (I burned mine out voting in Ohio in '04.)" LOL!!

If there are any leftist lunatics from the DUngheap lurking, they will believe that you are telling the truth. That's how paranoid and delusional these liberal kooks are.

17 posted on 07/27/2006 6:02:23 PM PDT by AdvisorB (For a terrorist bodycount in hamistan, let the smoke clear then count the ears and divide by 2.)
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To: Brilliant
It is interesting to note that many Republicans that I talk to who support Harris have NOT considered McBride, and after taking a serious look at him have changed their support from Harris TO McBride.. if this trend continues over the next week or so McBride will soon be the front runner... I encourage ALL Florida Republicans to take a GOOD Look at McBride before deciding who to "run with" in OUR Primary....

Just my 2cents worth,

David

18 posted on 07/27/2006 6:05:51 PM PDT by davidosborne (DavidOsborne.net)
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To: davidosborne

McBride...lawyer.

Katherine Harris...not a lawyer.

That's enough for me.


19 posted on 07/27/2006 6:16:01 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: davidosborne

When is the primary?


20 posted on 07/27/2006 6:20:14 PM PDT by Brilliant
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