Katherine Harris Kicks Out the Gay Marriage Wedge

Katherine Harris is now using gay marriage as a wedge issue against Bill Nelson. This is the email she is sending out supporters.

(Tampa, Fla.) - The Katherine Harris for U.S. Senate campaign called on Senator Bill Nelson to support the Marriage Protection Amendment today.

"I believe the majority of Americans strongly support the preservation of traditional marriage. We must never undermine the uniqueness of an institution that continues to serve as an essential thread in the fabric of our society. I support the passage of the Marriage Protection amendment being debated in the Senate," Congresswoman Harris said.

Campaign spokesman Chris Ingram said, "It's time for Nelson to stop making bogus claims of being a moderate in Florida while voting like Ted Kennedy in Washington, D.C. Bill Nelson should stop voting like a liberal and start voting with the values of common-sense Floridians. A good first-start would be by voting in favor of the marriage amendment which simply defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman."

The anti-gay marriage amendment will go nowhere in the Senate and Republicans know it. They are desperate to bring out the Christian Right base. In the long term, the farher they go right the more they will alienate the middle. Voters are more concerned with gas prices and education than gay marriage.

There is also the matter of her ex-campaign manager, Jim Dornan, wanting her to stay away from tight clothing.

Harris likes tight clothing. Jim Dornan, her former campaign manager, compares it to debutante attire. "It's not the type of dress a U.S. senator should or would wear," he says. She wore a tight peach sweater to Red Belly Day, a festival named for a local fish, and sucked on a lollipop. "Oh, no," aide Brian Brooks said as a photographer snapped pictures.

Watch out for the dreaded lollipop photo-op.