Refusing to bow to the inevitable, Republican Congresswoman and 2000 GOP recount heroine Katherine Harris is staying in the 2006 Florida Senate race. Sidestepping a major address planned for this evening, Harris instead used the friendly confines of the Fox Hannity and Colmes program to declare her intent to continue her quixotic campaign the Democratic incumbent, Bill Nelson:

"I'm staying. I'm in this race. I'm going to win. I'm going to put everything on the line."

Ms. Harris may put her millions on the line, but the mounting evidence suggests it won't help. Recent polls show her trailing Nelson by as much as 20 points in the polls. And the growing scandal around Harris' illegal contributions from Duke Cunningham bagman Mitchell Wade of defense contractor MZM will ensure her faltering Senate campaign stays under a cloud. It's no wonder the national Republican leadership is running as far away from Harris as possible.
Hopefully, total electoral defeat will be the fitting end for the woman Paul Begala once described as Cruella de Vil "coming to steal the puppies."