Comments on: Harris to Drop Senate Bid if Wins GOP Primary?

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:19:23 +0000

The only way this makes sense is in a DeLay sort of way. That she has finally recognized that she has no chance of winning, campaign debts will be "retired" by the state GOP so she can get her personal money out of the race and that the best chance of the GOP winning this seat is not with anyone currently in the primary.

So she wins the primary, quits the race and the state GOP (assuming the rules are at all like Texas), gets to appoint a replacement like Gallagher or Franks. Suddenly the race becomes competitive.

Is it likely, I don't know but am skeptical (she doesn't seem to have captured the nuances of this race before now). But this may be the best way she can get her personal money out of this race as a loss would mean the money was gone for good.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:35:13 +0000

I think a lot of this is related to the fact that Harris was operated on last week to remove what the local paper calls, "an ovarian mass".

My guess is that she's running out of steam, but doesn't want to bail out before winning a last, important victory. That, of course, would include telling the FL GOP to get stuffed.

By: The Florida Masochist » Blog Archive » Dreamland

The Florida Masochist » Blog Archive » Dreamland — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:09:54 +0000

[...] Tom Gallagher is only neglibly better as a candidate than Katherine Harris. James Joyner at OTB calls this Harris’ withdrawal scenario implausible. I agree 100%. [...]

By: The Florida Masochist

The Florida Masochist — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:07:03 +0000

Dreamland...

Best describes Florida GOP thinking as depicted in this Tallahassee Democrat article.

According to their speculation, Harris would withdraw from the race if she wins the GOP primary Sept. 5. Harris has told reporters that she has no plans of wi .....