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Presumptive answer: Because she’s down by 20 points and resources aren’t infinite? O’Donnell’s comments in her exclusive interview with Fox News followed an offhanded remark she had made in her ninety-minute exchange with Coons: “I’ve had to fight my party to be here on this stage to win the nomination, and to some extent I am still fighting my party.”…But when this reporter asked O’Donnell herself how she is fighting her own party, the Republican nominee was ready to cite chapter and verse. Tthe Democratic senatorial committee is running ads against me. The Democratic Party is running ads against me,”...

Frustrated with the White House and a key Republican, supporters of Rep. Katherine Harris' (R-Fla.) 2006 Senate campaign lashed out at the administration yesterday for seeking to convince another prominent GOP official to enter the race. "It's unimaginable that the White House folks and the National Republican Senatorial Committee would be so disloyal to Katherine Harris, especially after all she has done for the Bush family and the Republican Party," a Florida political operative who supports Harris said. "It's unconscionable and a stab in the back." Harris backers are irritated that State House Speaker Allan Bense met with White House...

IN CASEY YOU MISSED IT No one in Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's office was paying much attention to the Quinnipiac poll released earlier this week that showed him trailing State Treasurer Robert Casey, Jr. 46-41 percent in a head to head race in 2006 Senate election. Yet for those who did take a gander, it had to be heartening news. Santorum holds a strong 52 percent favorability rating in the same poll, much better than President Bush's favorability in the same survey. And the fact that Santorum easily beats any and all other named prospective Democrats in the polling indicates...