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Home Front: Politix
Harris Wins Fla. GOP Senate Nomination
2006-09-06
U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris overcame a campaign ridiculed even by her own party to easily claim the GOP nomination for the Senate on Tuesday, and Rep. Jim Davis held a narrow lead in the race for the Democratic nomination to succeed popular Gov. Jeb Bush. Harris next faces an uphill battle against the Democratic incumbent, Sen. Bill Nelson, who had no primary challenger.

With 62 percent of the precincts reporting, Davis led state Sen. Rod Smith 46 percent to 42 percent. The winner will face Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, who claimed the Republican nomination to replace Bush. Crist had 64 percent of the vote to 34 percent for Tom Gallagher, the state's chief financial officer. Harris had 50 percent of the vote against three relative unknowns. Attorney Will McBride ran second at 30 percent, and retired Navy admiral LeRoy Collins had 15 percent.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Looks like I have to vote for her because I can not vote for a Dem sorry not after the sh*t they tried to pull this year
Posted by: djohn66   2006-09-06 23:33  

#7  A quote from Katherine Harris (hat tip Wikipedia)

"But the real issue is why should Baptists care, why should people care? If you are not electing Christians, tried and true, under public scrutiny and pressure, if you're not electing Christians then in essence you are going to legislate sin. They can legislate sin. They can say that abortion is alright. They can vote to sustain gay marriage. And that will take western civilization, indeed other nations because people look to our country as one nation as under God and whenever we legislate sin and we say abortion is permissible and we say gay unions are permissible, then average citizens who are not Christians, because they don't know better, we are leading them astray and it's wrong."

I'm sorry but as a Christian, and a Baptist, I consider her completely wrong. Non-Christians are going to be elected in a representative republic. That's just a fact. This is not a theocracy. And the genius of our country and our Constitution is that ALL the people are represented, and that despite these disparate voices, you can still make it work. I could swear her quote above could have been said by an Iranian mullah or Ahmedinejad. All you would need to do is replace 'Christian' with 'muslim'.

I'd still vote for her over Nelson, but hey, I'm a Republican and would never even consider voting for a dem for national office. Lesser of two evils.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-09-06 15:03  

#6  I would not sell this women too short she seems to be able to win elections and isn't that something we should support?
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2006-09-06 14:35  

#5  I think Harris would be a much better senator than Nelson. However, she's been successfully portrayed as a complete 'ultra-right-wing' 'Christian Fundamentalist' extremist. This is partly because of Florida's evenly divided electorate, and also because of various missteps and ill-advised comments from Harris herself. Gotta admire her tenacity, but I'm afraid she doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-09-06 13:59  

#4  Agree, CS.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-06 13:21  

#3  I am not from Florida so please school me on why Harris would not make a good Senator versus the current one?
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2006-09-06 13:20  

#2  "Harris next faces an uphill battle"

Gets my vote for understatement of the day.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-09-06 12:34  

#1  Oh goody, I get to vote against her now!
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-09-06 05:21  

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