ARE ALL THE REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR KATHERINE HARRIS' CONGRESSIONAL SEAT NUT CASES?

You probably either heard about or read about Pat Buchanan's new blatantly racist book, State of Emergency. Buchanan is usually wrong about almost everything but he isn't stupid. (Look he did call for Bush's impeachment yesterday.) What the guy is, is insane-- but we've known that for a long time. Now what we haven't known for a long time is about the other insane Buchanan. No, not Bay. I mean, yes, she's out of her skull too, but I'm not talking about her.


I'm talking about Vern Buchanan. Now this is a nut job. But in Katherine Harris' district, what would you expect? Ole Vern is a rich bully, much disliked and just pouring money into his bid to take the Republikook nomination. In fact, the GOP primary in FL-13 is now the most expensive race for a House seat anywhere in the country. Dropping over $2 million of his own money into the campaign, Buchanan, a sleazy huckster used car salesman, is spending over $4 million in total on the race. He clearly thinks he can buy the seat-- probably not a bad business proposition if he can steal at the rate of Republicrooks like Jerry Lewis, Bob Ney, John Doolittle, Tom DeLay and that pack.

Meanwhile, The St Petersburg Times was pushing a poll a couple weeks ago that showed Tramm Hudson trouncing Buchanan by double digits. Of course then Hudson broke onto the national stage by making a nutty racist speech at a Christian Coalition meeting. Remember? About Blacks not being able to swim.

While these two loons slug it out for first place, there are a whole gaggle of Republicans, like 7 I think, running for the seat. On the Democratic side, there's another Republican, who claims to be a Democrat, Christine Jennings, who Rahm Emanuel is pushing. There's also an actual Democrat, an independent-minded, progressive one, Jan Schneider (the type Emanuel hates and fears), who will probably win. Progressive and grassroots Democrats are horrified with Emanuel's interference and by the abysmal campaign Jennings is running for the DCCC. Schneider is the Blue America-endorsed candidate and you can contribute to her race here.