FromHolden:
Let’s just say it’s not allpeaches and cream…
Harris’ comments [during an interview with the Florida Baptist Witness] so incensed challenger [Peter] Monroe, that he said Tuesday night he would not support her as the party’s nominee.
The remarks, he said, were “anti-Semitic” and “terribly frightening.” Monroe, a Christian and lifelong Republican, said Harris was essentially advocating “a theocracy.”
“I consider myself a loyal Republican,” said Monroe, who worked in two GOP administrations. “But it amazes me anyone would support her.”
“At this point, Katherine Harris has a hill to climb that is exceptionally steep,” said Sid Dinerstein, Palm Beach County Republican chairman.
At one time, political experts considered this year’s Senate race in Florida a prime chance for Republicans to unseat Nelson, the last statewide elected Democrat who is considered by many to be vulnerable.
[The nonpartisan Cook Political Report’s Jennifer] Duffy said Nelson, first elected six years ago, is a “very lucky man” who dodged a bullet.