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October 23, 2006
Blogging the Florida Senate Debate
I'm watching C-SPAN's rebroadcast of the Harris-Nelson debate. (Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her opponent, Republican John Spencer, were just wrapping up when I turned on the TV.)
I wouldn't like being a Florida voter this time around any more than I am enjoying the lack of a clear direction here at home. I suppose Sen. Bill Nelson is okay -- honestly, I haven't scoped out his voting record, but I think him to be a moderate centrist -- but Rep. Katherine Harris is so unfit for the job she makes Nelson look downright competent. And I'm not saying that he is. He could be a little on the spineless side.
Harris smiles like a preacher, and condescends like a petty bourgeois princess. Nelson, though, just said "the way they value their currency" (speaking of China and the trade deficit) in a way that made him sound out-of-touch with the 21st Century. I wanted to hear John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski retort: "...Dude, 'Chinaman' is not the preferred nomenclature. 'Asian-American,' please." Now he's explaining global warming to the moderator.
As for Harris -- I suppose I shouldn't talk about someone's delivery. Hers drives me batty, though. And she just one-upped Nelson by calling China a "rogue nation." Great. (For the record, it was an obvious slip. Just not a good one to make right now.)
Okay, here's a question. In what states, if any, do voters have decent choices (among those that are viable) for the Senate? Connecticut's debate is on next. I don't think I'll find an answer there.
US Senate Elections | By joe lance | 10:35 PM