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U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris continued her attempt to take her campaign to national television and to add religious overtones to her quest for a U.S. Senate seat with an appearance on ABC News "Nightline" Tuesday. Harris told John Donvan, of "Nightline," that she intends to sell all her personal assets to fund the race. "My husband has real estate, but I will not own anything." Since making a pledge last week to put $10 million of her money into the race, Harris has made the phrase "putting everything on the line" a new campaign theme. "I am willing to take...

When it comes to politics, the public relations whiz who suggested there is no such thing as bad publicity is as wrong as the cynic who thinks voters have short memories. Which, in a nutshell, is why in Republican-leaning Florida, an icon of the GOP faces a very uphill fight this November to claim a U.S. Senate seat that would be far more attainable were her name not Katherine Harris. Ms. Harris, you remember, was Florida's secretary of state -- the official in charge of voting returns who helped break the 2000 postelection stalemate and make W. president. She became...