It’s hard to imagine, but things have gotten better for the incumbent: A GOP survey of likely voters, conducted about a week ago, put Nelson up, 63 percent to 20 percent. Can it get any worse for Republicans in a state where they really ought to be competitive? ~John Miller

If those numbers hold up, that would be more humiliating and lopsided than Alan Keyes’ loss to Barack Obama in a state where Harris has already held elective office and was not some last-minute carpetbagging joke of a candidate.  Harris is a joke of a candidate, but for entirely different reasons.  The question after today’s primary is this: how badly will a Harris Senate candidacy hurt the GOP across Florida?  Or, put another way, how many people might have turned out to vote Republican who will now simply stay home after two more months of the Crazy Kathy Show?  Will this have knock-on effects on House races that people aren’t even considering as competitive right now?  I have no idea, but Harris may prove to be more than an embarrassment to Florida Republicans–she may become the albatross that drags the national party down, too.