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/p> p> Mr. Thornberry hit the nail on the head; Florida has trouble fielding strong Republican Senatorial candidates and despite this being a "red" state people down here have an annoying habit of voting for the Democrat candidates. The voters kept that crackpot Bob Graham in office for 18 agonizing years. The best guy we could come up with to run for his open seat was Mel Martinez who despite the fact he has a reputation as a ace trial lawyer seems to have a tendency to run his mouth with his brain in neutral. I like Katherine Harris and think she would do a good job but if someone has a better idea besides Jeb (who will not run), I am listening. br> -- Mike Gallina br> Tarpon Springs, Florida /p>

Larry Thornberry's article on Katherine Harris says more about the media than it does about Harris. The best thing for the Harris campaign is that the ugly news has come out now, before voters HAVE TO vote. OBVIOUSLY, Harris's campaign should do what it can to make sure that her side gets heard and she can diffuse the omissions of the Florida media. That is up to her campaign; we can only hope they do it.

Thornberry goes on like many cluckin' Republicans by suggesting we throw the furniture into the fireplace and have Governor Jeb Bush run against Bill Nelson. The Republican Senate Committee should be relieved at not having to spend copious funds on a 50-50 proposition (at best) in Florida, instead they can now spend the dollars it needs to help Santorum in Pennsylvania, or other Republicans elsewhere…having let Santorum twist in the wind these many months via the conventional media's identifying him as: "in trouble."

Have we forgotten the onerous amounts of capital that Goldman-Sachs executive now Governor John Corzine spent for his U.S. Senate campaign in Democrat friendly New Jersey?! A friendly media did forgive Corzine's REAL live scandal of pay-offs for a former mistress…but that's New Jersey, and that's the Mainstream Media. Why does Thornberry expect a sympathetic portrayal for Harris there?

p>One thing for sure, our own media isn't helping things by being more defeatist than typical wobbly Senate Republican types. br> -- P. Aaron Jones br> Huntington Woods, Michigan /p> p>

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