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To: steve harris who wrote (292949)	7/1/2006 2:51:01 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572958

With a bag over that face - I could do her! Why is it that Repugnicans don't LOVE Kathy any more? Poll: Harris Doesn't Have Much GOP Support Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:32 AM EDT newsvine.com TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris doesn't have overwhelming support among fellow Republicans in her bid to be their nominee for U.S. Senate, according to a poll released Friday, despite her reputation as being a party heroine for her role in the 2000 presidential recount. Harris, of Sarasota, also still lags far behind in a general election matchup with incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Melbourne Democrat who still would beat any Republican in the race, according to the poll by Quinnipiac University. Nelson had 59 percent to 26 percent for Harris, virtually unchanged from a month ago. Several relatively unknown challengers have recently gotten into the GOP race, where Harris was the lone candidate for several months. She is nationally known for her role in certifying Florida's contested presidential election for George W. Bush, who won the White House after getting the state's electoral votes. But only 35 percent of Republicans polled said they wanted her as the nominee. Her support, though, was well ahead of political novices William McBride, Peter Monroe and LeRoy Collins Jr., son of a former Democratic governor in Florida a half century ago. Nearly two in five named "don't know" as their preference. McBride's 16 percent support might also be skewed with some name recognition advantage. He shares the same name as Tampa attorney Bill McBride, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in 2002. However, nearly three of four Republican voters said they didn't know enough about Collins, McBride or Monroe to form an opinion. Nelson, who is unopposed, would beat any of the four Republicans by about the same margin he has over Harris. "No matter who wins the Republican primary, Sen. Nelson appears to be in very strong shape for re-election," poll spokesman Peter Brown said Friday. The telephone survey of 1,311 voters was conducted between June 20-26. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points, while the poll of 520 Republicans had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points. Quinnipiac also found that 42 percent of the respondents paid for home repairs out of pocket as a result of the last two hurricane seasons with nearly three-fourths saying they spent $1,000 or more. Property insurance concerns were ranked a major concern by about 5 percent of voters in a survey Quinnipiac announced Thursday. ___ On the Net: quinnipiac.edu