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June 07, 2005
Don't say loyalty isn't rewarded
Rumsfeld, Bolton, Rice, the list keeps growing. It's just The Price of Loyalty that I'm concerned about.
Bouyed by a mixture of jealousy and gumption inspired by rumours of a Blackwell candidacy for Vice President in 2008, Katherine Harris has thrown her hat in the ring, and saved the DSCC some money in Florida next year.
Hell, you break the law and tell bold face lies for someone for months, the least I would settle for was a seat on Supreme Court.
"The time has come to launch a campaign for the U.S. Senate," Harris told The Associated Press.Harris, who is serving her second term in Congress, is considered a top fundraiser and is a popular figure among Republicans. But she is also despised by some Democrats for her role in overseeing the recount that ultimately gave Florida and the White House to George W. Bush over Al Gore. And her entry into the race could galvanize Democratic voters and contributors.
She considered running for the Senate last year after Democrat Bob Graham announced his retirement, but decided to sit it out. The White House had wanted her to stay out of the race for fear her candidacy would produce big turnout among angry Democrats and hurt President Bush's chances of carrying Florida and its crucial 27 electoral votes in 2004.
In 2000, Bush won a 537-vote victory over Gore after a dispute that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. While Democrats accused Harris of partisanship in her handling of the recount, she became the darling of GOP activists and got elected to Congress in 2002.
Posted by Mike at June 7, 2005 05:34 PM
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