In case you missed this (as I did) a couple of days ago, here's an email update I received on Katherine Harris on December 13th:
Hello Everyone:
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> Katherine Harris was on Sean Hannity's radio program as a guest today and
> she flatly denied that she is dropping out of the Florida Senate race! > Harris promoted her website http://www.electharris.com/ on the air and
> Hannity pledged to donate the maximum amount of money to her campaign!
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> We will see what happens!
Well with Sean Hannity on her side, how can she go wrong...? In The Hill today, more on Kathy's fundraising woes:
The Senate campaign of Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) is becoming increasingly beleaguered because of poor fundraising at the national level, according to some Republican officials.
Far from using the fourth quarter to turn around the dismal results for money raised in the second and third quarters, the campaign is already indicating in advance of the Dec. 31 reporting date that 2005 will end on a sour note for Harris, according to a well-placed source.
The second-term congresswoman’s weak fundraising figures are at the heart of what has gone wrong for the former Florida secretary of state who played a major role in the 2000 presidential race. In July, an official affiliated with the campaign said Harris was seeking to raise $15 million to $20 million.
When her fundraising raised eyebrows in the second quarter, the campaign explained it had not yet shifted into high gear. At the end of September, Harris had raised $1.3 million and had only $470,000 cash on hand. The campaign said those numbers were low because of hurricanes that had recently struck Florida.
The fourth quarter is not going well, either.
A source close to the campaign said, “The quarter has been slow. People will not be jumping up and down when they see the figures.”
When those statistics are released next month, some Republicans believe, they will trigger other Republicans to announce their candidacies.
Also in that piece is the nugget that Harris is being advised by GOP strategist and frequent TV pundit Ed Rollins. And still, her campaign is being called "unfocused and unimpressive" and it seems her hometown operatives are missing in action. What gives, Kathy?
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