BS: When Political Karma Works

Subject: Katherine Harris Loses Campaign Staff
From: SunnySister
Date: 02 Apr 06 - 02:32 PM

I love it when I hear that karma in political matters still finds its way- Here's an article I found on Yahoo about the woman who allowed Bush to sit in the White House his first four years:

Katherine Harris Campaign Loses Core Staff
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Katherine Harris' U.S. Senate campaign lost what was left of its core team when a top adviser, campaign manager and communications director resigned this weekend.

Harris, a Republican congresswoman challenging incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson (news, bio, voting record), said Saturday she would introduce new members of her campaign early in the week.
"We are stronger as a campaign today than we were yesterday," Harris said in a press release.

Harris said her campaign has lined up people who believe in her candidacy, are committed, and support the "values of mainstream Florida citizens."

Former campaign manager Jim Dornan, who resigned in November, said, "She had the best people in the country. She can't get any better than that.

"This is a campaign that is spiraling downward by the minute," he said, adding she should drop out of the race.

Among those resigning over the weekend were Ed Rollins, a political adviser to President Reagan; campaign manager Jamie Miller; press secretary Morgan Dobbs; and other key staff.

Phone messages left for Rollins and Dobbs were not immediately returned, while contact information was not found for Miller. Harris didn't immediately return a call Saturday for additional comment.
Her campaign has struggled since announcing plans to challenge Nelson last summer.

For months, GOP leaders in Washington tried recruiting someone else into the race, and Harris' fundraising was slow from the start. Turnover has also been a problem. She recently lost a pollster, a national financial director, treasurer and media consultant.

Advisers urged her to get out of the race. She refused and announced last month that she would spend $10 million of her own money to compete with Nelson, whom she has trailed significantly in several polls.

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May her campaign continue its downward spiral of her own making...

Subject: RE: BS: When Political Karma Works
From: CarolC
Date: 02 Apr 06 - 06:07 PM

Interesting article, SunnySister. I'm curious about what factors people are attributing her downward spiral to. Have you heard or read anything about that?

Subject: RE: BS: When Political Karma Works
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 02 Apr 06 - 10:43 PM

Interesting........................pointless.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: When Political Karma Works
From: GUEST,SunnySister
Date: 03 Apr 06 - 02:59 PM

Hi CarolC,

What I've heard is that 1.) she's a horrible person to work with and especially for, 2.) that she was involved in a bit of a campaign money scandal and had to give that person's donation to charity and 3.) it sounds like Republican's are trying to distance people's memories of the whole hanging chad and Florida's horrible voting scandal that brought Bush into the white house. Obviously Katherine Harris represents that situation in a big way. She thought she could leverage it but her involvement looks to have the opposite effect for the GOP currently.

Perhaps you already knew all that. I can't find anything which talks directly about why her campaign people are leaving- I suspect that they just couldn't work with her anymore but perhaps there's more we'll find out.

--SunnySister