The Woman Who Crowned George W. Bush

The spectacle of the Republican party continues. Katharine Harris, the woman who certified Bush the winner of Florida's controversial election in 2000, continues to have problems of her own as reported by Brendan Farrington of the Associated Press:

U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris' third Senate campaign manager has resigned, citing the candidate's "tantrums" and "increasingly erratic behavior."

"It became unmanageable, unhealthy, uncontrollable," said Glenn Hodas, who became campaign manager in April, when his predecessor left after only a few months in the role.

Four other key staffers are also leaving the campaign, Hodas said.

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Ed Rollins, a prominent political strategist who had served as President Reagan's political director and ran Ross Perot's presidential campaign in 1992, also abandoned Harris' campaign.

He said Hodas' description was similar to what he had experienced.

"Everything is someone else's fault. If there's not a Starbucks coffee house within distance, it's someone else's fault," Rollins said. "After a while you say, 'Why am I putting up with this crap?'"

Republican Ed Rollins is as tough as they come. It must have been a sight to behold if he couldn't stomach sticking around. Maybe Katharine Harris is borrowing too many pages from President Bush and lacks a Karl Rove to overcome the candidate's shortcomings.