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Senate Contender in Florida Presses On
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Jun 06, 2006 10:52pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Thursday, June 8, 2006 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By MARK LEIBOVICH
Published: June 7, 2006
VENICE, Fla. — Undaunted by a run of horrific poll numbers, staff turmoil and public doubts from leaders of her party, Representative Katherine Harris is thinking confidently beyond November.
Once Ms. Harris wins her race for a Senate seat, she says, she plans to travel everywhere with a guide dog.
"Before I hire anyone to work for me in the Senate, I tell them I'm going to do this," said Ms. Harris, the former Florida secretary of state best — or worst — remembered for her role in the state's election recount of 2000.
Ms. Harris explains that she intends to participate in a program that provides guide dogs for volunteers to train. While cynics may assign unflattering symbolism to a politician who is not blind being led around the Capitol by a guide dog, Ms. Harris is undeterred — by this or by the perception that her role in 2000 makes her too divisive to lure the swing voters necessary to defeat the incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson.
In her insistence on running, Ms. Harris has become something of a pariah among many of the people whose power she indirectly helped ensure five and a half years ago, as overseer of the recount that sealed George W. Bush's victory. |
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