What's next for Katherine Harris after she loses the FL Senate race ?

Congresswoman Katherine Harris is trailing badly in her challenge to Senator Bill Nelson.

Her campaign staff has resigned en masse and GOP players are publicly calling for her to quit the race.

Her campaign is derided in the press as a trainwreck.

What do you think the future holds for Ms. Harris?

along with cheney, .. both exit...

Kerry enters oval office..

Signs Universal Healthcare bill,

ends homelessness, ends Iraq, watches two dozen old GOP officeholders get convicted on a variety of corruption charges.

off those new, store bought lungs.

I like your vision!!

For instance, Bush makes her an ambassador to some pro-US dictatorship where political dissidents are shot, and she writes a tell-all book about how she fucked over America by killing the recounts and purging minority voters from the rolls.

rights to it all the while.

But I think that she's too benighted and brainwashed to believe that what she did wasn't right and justified. Ends justifying the means... She and Ken Blackwell should start a club.:grr:

Only because I think she is too vapid even for FOX.

thanks to your post tonight about the defense contract appropriations difficulty she's having.

And your very pertinent description of her as a new "Christian."

She's one for the record books, that's for sure.

Nice to see you tonight on DU.

I enjoy your posts enormously.

Every time I get a new account, her campaign is in worse shape than it was the last time.

Jan Schneider evidently thinks Porter Goss is going to run for the nomination to take on Nelson -- but with all the whispers about the cigars and poker games and prostitutes, I just don't see that happening.

Do you know what's going on down there in that race? It's getting REAL interesting.

The latest incarnation of Katherine the Pious was, to me, nauseating and revealing. The last adjective that came to mind when thinking about her bouncing her new purchases on FOX news was "holy"....I don't know if she is truly a Christian reconstructionist or just a desparate opportunist, but at least some in Florida buy her "Christian" act:

Prayer posted on the internets:

Our Heavenly Father,

The enemy seeks to destroy a responsible woman who is being persecuted for telling the truth and standing for what is right. Father, we pray that You would silence the enemy and let their venom be spewed on each other, rather than the innocent. Let their continued plotting, scheming, and slandering result in the desire of the entire country, including the media, to expell them. Father, they persist in calling good, evil; and evil, good. For their purposes are served only through evil.

Father we pray for strength and courage for this woman. Let her make no decisions that are not by Your hand. Let her be strong in You, Lord and in the power of Your might. Give her wisdom beyond all understanding—the wisdom that can only come from You. Hide her under the shadow of Your wings until these calamities pass. Bless her and reward her for her faithfulness. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

http://pcasacas.org/SPC/spcissues/25.1/Brock.htm

Talk about yer unholy alliances.

It's really a loss that Hunter Thompson is no longer around. If anybody could cover this story on Katherine Harris, he'd be the one.

opening up for her, too. There she'd be, hawking crap on all-night tv monitors in truck stops "from San Bernadino to Sioux Ste. Marie."

Her sense of clinical science sounds about as evolved as her take on constitutional democracy.

Thank you for that, greyl. This one goes in my Keepers file.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/05/205.html

:)

Thanks.:thumbsup: :hi:

...after she loses in November, But that's just my fantasy.

the nation a presidency.

I hold her accountable for some combination of gross incompetence and outright election fraud.

She done us dirty and she outta pay.

her career as a dilettante

what it might come down to for Katherine.

She must have felt she was on such a hot streak after bamboozling Al Gore. But first ones now shall later be last, etc.

FOX News being the last refuge of Republican scoundrels, she'll fit in perfectly there.

I wouldn't put it past someone like Richard Mellon Scaife to create a Christian version of QVC or The Home Shopping Channel and make Katherine Harris one of the "program hosts."

She'd be frighteningly good at it. I could see her building up an audience similar to Laura Schlesinger's.

baitshops everywhere, O and also at those truckstop/gas places where they sell Confederate flag cigarette lighters, etc.

but jeb can "fix" anything

sells "Wo-Man" makeup -- makeup for the heavy duty woman in us all.

She didn't spend all that money on her boob job for nothin' ya know.

That might be an interesting demographic for their next polling project.

In fact, it sounds like a role tailor-made for Porter Goss, and by sheer luck, I heard he was looking for work. :evilgrin:

Now he's "Asshole of the Century"

doesn't' it?

Limbaugh is down in Florida, Katherine Harris of course, and a ways back there was Anita Bryant hawking orange juice with one hand and burning gays at the stake with the other.

And Charlie Crist is within easy striking distance of the governor's chair in November.

Kinda scary.

Either late night do it yourself at home Botox infomercials or straight to video porn. Maybe both.

W, Jeb, their party leaders and money people want Bense. He has until Friday, and if he decides to run, stick a fork in her, she's done.

in line for Bense.

And unfortunately, Bense would be a far sturdier opponent than Harris against Nelson.

While Bill Nelson is no fire-belching progressive, he is far preferable to any Republican in that seat, and I hope he holds on.

Nelson does have the advantage of having started his plans and fundraising early, and Bense wold have to play a little catch-up.

Could be an interesting week down in the Sunshine State.

Voters might like that rags-to-riches thing too.

really.

pressure lately, some of it of her own making, and she may be vulnerable.

Her life would be easier if she told the truth about the 2000 election in her state. But I have a notion it would mean she'd spend prison time, so she's where she is instead.

Very good point, I think. A political confession would give her legal difficulties but it might relieve her of the burdens she's carrying. Maybe the human being she was a long time ago could still be salvaged from the wreckage.

I want to see her toss those $$$ down the toilet. She's going to have to hock her boobs to before she's done.......................

least someone profits from her poor planning.

She was more successful plotting against the Democrats in 2000, and I'm still holding a fierce grudge against her for that. I realize she had some help, but she was the presiding official over the election and I'm still unhappy about it.

I'm with ya. All ten million should be spent, and soon.

How sweet - she'll learn those she helped achieve power will be the first to leave her twisting in the wind.

Once again the RW eats their young..................

"loyal," as someone who values "loyalty" above all else.

But of course when it was clear that Harriet Miers would not be confirmed, she "voluntarily" stepped aside. No up-and-down vote for Harriet!

Richard Clarke had served long and well for years in security but Rice didn't like his truthtelling and toughness, so out he goes. Bush would had to have signed onto that.

And here's poor ol' Katherine Harris, and it's just as you said it is: she hands them the presidency and then they abandon her. Granted, she's a horrifying excuse for a public servant, but where is the honor among thieves?

Loyalty is under serious strain with this administration.

Loyalty has it's limits, eh Miss Harris? You were useful once, but all that has been forgotten.

Meanwhile, keep writing those checks until the bank account is on empty.

The Bush crowd is not known for its altruism in the first place.

I imagine Katherine Harris thought she had a free ride in the inner circle forever, and you're right -- evidently she's found out that's just not the case.

The GOP power players need to be careful. If they promote Bense, but Harris beats him in the primary, their chances of carrying other statewide races in November go way down.

About the Clarke firing; Bush may not have "signed off" in any traditional "due diligence" sense. Rice could have said; "I'm firing Clarke" and Bush just gave it the "OK". Clarke was a holdover and given Bush's style on (/sarcasm on)"management style" (/sarcasm off) just allowed Connie to run her own show.

But I'm willing to bet that now that they know what a pain in the ass Clarke has been for them, they wish they'd kept him on and thereby co-opted him.

For Bush, loyalty is covering one's ass...his. If you take one for the Gripper (Bush) then YOU are showing loyalty. But now, at this point in his Admin, loyalty for Bush has become something that he must dole out to his subordinates in order to cover up his misdeeds.

Harris's Senate run (and more directly, her House election) was something that they wanted, not just because of another rubber stamp vote, but to keep her happy and silent. Unfortunately her own actions have become an embarrassment to them.

Bush has been in power for 5 plus years now. Harris was the first of many for which spoils were needed to command loyal silence. There are a lot of little (and not so little) "Harrises" out there. Maybe too many for an increasingly smaller number of plumes to offer? (The "bigger" foxes got all the good ones first. Just look at where Wolfie ended up!)

Will she write a tell-all book? I hope so, but time will tell.

As for the vote...........I went with other: I hope she becomes an object lesion (ala Boss Tweed, the Chicago Daley Voting Machine, and other notorious political crooks) for Am History students and concerned citizens from now and until forever.

rankles that he was treated so dismissively. Also agree with your scenario with Rice and Bush regarding Clarke. It's got a very convincing ring of autheticity to it.

Bush is definitely a cover-my-own-butt president. He's an ant in a wilderness -- just completely lost. Harris has become a problem and they can't manipulate her very well because she's still a live wire, still knows how it went down that November evening in 2000, still could make it hot for them.

With every new insight to this administration and its extended flunkies, I like the GOP less, and I didn't like them at all to begin with.

Very nice to see you again on DU, Maine_Raptor.

was revealed about the 2000 election in Florida.

The GOP wants her to drop out of the Senate race because they fear she will drag other statewide races and local GOP candidates down. A legitimate concern. Nelson is going to destroy Harris and her loss will likely sink a couple House seats.

But they can't pressure her too hard because she knows where several of the bodies are buried.

So it's a tense little dance down there right now. Very interesting to watch.

Harris.

She's a sitting Congresswoman in a fairly Republican district.

It's hard to say what motivates people. And I don't have a lot of good guesses about Katherine Harris. My main exposure to her was just on television during the days and weeks after the 2000 election.

Well, let's get a big bag of popcorn and see what happens.

:popcorn:

Something she is actually good at :D

client list wouldn't be that much of a problem. She may have to relocate to the Washington area.

That Porter Goss, he knows all the right people. :evilgrin:

right on top of things, too.

The Rethugs are sweating a Bill Nelson-led Democratic sweep, as the article indicates. If Harris is the nominee, it may suppress the GOP turnout, and so Charlie Crist would lose to (Davis?) for the gubernatorial race.

Which would be GREAT.

It will also be kind of fun to watch if Bense jumps in and Harris whups him. That would be devastating for the Republicans.

And that would be GREAT, too.

Between the inch-thick make-up and fake knockers she's going to make tons of money licensing protective gear for the armed services.

Candidate for president: Chuck Hagel
Candidate for vice president: Katherine Harris
Appointtee for chief of staff: Kenfuck Blackwell

loser's, I mean winners, I mean supporters of Harris staying so she can be crushed by the weight of her own bile in November

there, gasperc. Really excellent.

Is the Florida primary in September? There may be time for Bense or another Republican to jump in and challenge her.

Not sure what's going on down there at this point.

Cheap capital hill crack whore.

for it. Isn't she the producer or host or something?

Anyway, I could actually see Katherine Harris doing it. And I think she might be pretty good. Just what that panel needs, too -- an aristocratic fundamentalist Christian.

My first post and I can't vote but if I could I'd vote that Nelson gives her a thrashing.

thread.

I think your prediction will come to pass: if Harris wins the GOP nomination for this Senate race, I believe Nelson is going to crush her like a potato chip.

'Hope to see you around on these boards. Welcome.

Priceless!!!

It seems to attract a lurid crowd from time to time, frequently after hours.

:evilgrin:

Assuming Anna Nicole still has it.

shop along Lake Okeechobee.

She could dazzle all the local bass anglers with her sophisto wardrobe.

which she uses to pick up college boys.

what. She seems attuned to expensive stuff, that's for sure.

I wonder if she really does want to run for Senate or if she's waiting for the national GOP to sweeten the pot before she leaves. I think she may be holding out for a swank ambassador's post somewhere.

She can ALWAYS haunt houses!

Crash Test Dummy?

woman who advertises Swifter (sp?) mops.

Or whatever they are.

Katherine Harris bears a resemblance to that woman.

I think she'd be forecful enough of a presence to sell the things, too.

war paint as she wears.