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Harris Shoots Her Senate Campaign in the Foot Again, But This Time It Could Be Fatal

“I don’t even know, That is so not like me.”

GOP Rep. Katherine Harris’ bid to take the U.S. Senate seat held by Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson suffered another self-inflicted wound over the weekend:

It is safe to say the Harris campaign is FUBAR (Effed-Up Beyond All Repair). If she has any sense, she’ll put it out of its misery before the week is out.

Appearing at a gun show in Orlando, Harris said that Adam Goodman, her longtime media consultant, had told the St. Petersburg Times that he and chief strategist Ed Rollins were leaving the campaign.

The story, Harris said, was wrong.

“Ed is not leaving my campaign,” the Longboat Key Republican said. “Ed Rollins is very committed to my campaign.”

The two-term congresswoman, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, then accused Goodman of spreading the story.

“That article basically came from Adam,” Harris said, “and it was not accurate.”

Asked whether Goodman was still with the campaign, she said: “He is, is, uh . . . heh . . . no comment.”

Harris’ remarks were surprising, because Goodman has worked with Harris for years and is considered one of her closest advisers. The candidate’s words became puzzling when Harris phoned the Orlando Sentinel an hour later with a different story.

She said Goodman was still with the campaign and said “it was wrong” of her to say he leaked information.

“I shouldn’t have said that,” she said.

Harris could not explain the change or make clear why she had first refused to say whether Goodman was still working with her.

“I don’t even know,” she said. “That is so not like me.”

Ed Rollins is one of the very few Republican realists. He was Reagan’s campaign manager, but lately he’s been highly critical of the Bush team. I didn’t know he was working for Harris. That is rich. Here’s his take now:

“I’m still trying to help,” he said Saturday. “I’m going to try and make it work.”

Harris’ father died recently and a few weeks ago on Fox News, she told Sean Hannity that she was going to spend her entire $10 million inheritance on her senate campaign. But within a day or so, she retracted that statement. Now she says this about her 180:

“I guess, just because Sean and I were caught up in talking about my dad,” she said. “I didn’t quite realize it was coming out that way. I could have been more specific.”

It is safe to say the Harris campaign is FUBAR (Effed-Up Beyond All Repair). If she has any sense, she’ll put it out of its misery before the week is out.

6 Responses »

  1. Rising seas due to the melting of the ice caps is going to turn most of Florida into a fish farm anyway, so why sweat Embarrassed Harris?….

  2. Let the FUN BEGIN!!!!!

    I want to see her explain her kissy kissy-footsy with another senator during the natioal security hearings.

    DOES ANYONE HAVE THAT POSTED SOMEWHERE?

  3. There’s a whole domain devoted to it: The Canoodle!

  4. (Also, if you google on the terms “harris” and “renzi,” you’ll find all sorts of other goodies!) ;-)

  5. All I want to know is how much of her dad’s 10 million is going into buying electronic vote-scrubbers?
    @;(-8-

  6. Katherine Harris Roundup!

    Campaign says Harris won’t turn to inheritance!And with that contradiction of everything she’s been shrieking for a week, the Katherine Harris campaign became … well… an even bigger joke than it was before… she’s got Jomentum now!!!!She’s mel…

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