Florida’s GOP Primary is Today

The Washington Post and Seattle Times ran the same Associated Press article yesterday. The headline tells it all: Harris Looks Like Primary Winner. Katherine Harris is Florida's GOP Senate nominee. “Her makeup and clothes are mocked on national TV. Her flirty interview style embarrasses her campaign handlers. Staffers keep quitting”, the AP article said. “She has been linked to a shady defense contractor, caught in fibs and scolded for telling voters that non-Christian politicians "legislate sin." This is the same Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris who certified George W. Bush had defeated Al Gore in the popular vote in Florida in 2000. Then the US Supreme Court ruled that Gore’s request for a recount had no merit. Which meant that the official count gave Bush a victory of 537 votes and Florida’s electoral votes went to Bush. Harris’s ex-campaign manager Jim Dornan said, “This campaign will go down in history as one of the most disastrous ever run in the United States." Dornan left after three months. He added, “She doesn't interview, she flirts. And it's offensive to professional women and it's embarrassing.” The AP article reported that her key staff described her as a candidate who wouldn't take advice, threw tantrums and bawled. The replacements she hired left after three months. And yet, she’s going to win the primary because of name recognition and because Florida couldn’t find anyone to run against her. Her opponents are three unknowns who entered the race late in the game. I have to say, I’m kind of leaning toward the same view as Alex Pareene, Wonkette’s editor. He said, "On a very personal level, I would be thrilled if she won election to the Senate…it would make my job easier for the next six years. Mean-spirited or not, I am rooting for her all the way." Jon Stewart, Jay Leno and David Letterman no doubt feel the same way.