RIP Katherine Harris
Posted on | August 28, 2006
That ten million Harris pledged to finance her ill-conceived Senate run? Not happening. Even the ludicrous Harris, it seems, has sensed the futility of her campaign. Look for her to blame anybody but herself when she abandons the race:
In an emotional announcement on national TV in March, Harris said she would use every penny her late father had left her.
Minutes later, while still in the New York studio where she made the announcement, Harris received a call from her sister. She and their brother were furious that she had not told them she was going to spend family money on her campaign, according to her former senior consultant Ed Rollins, who was with her that night.
In the days that followed, several former staffers, including Rollins, said Harris learned she would not directly receive any inheritance from her father. Instead, his assets, reported to be as much as $100-million, were left to her mother, Harriet….
“I’m selling everything I have,’’ she said repeatedly. Harris donated $3-million to her campaign, though she later took back $100,000 — a move that fueled speculation that she did not have the $10-million.
Now, five months later, Republican operatives and political watchers say the Harris campaign may have seen the last of her personal resources. They doubt she will put more money into a race almost no one expects her to win….
Harris refuses to answer questions about the money, and rarely mentions the pledge in her campaign speeches anymore.
