Catching up with Karen Harrington at Right Online [VIDEO]

Karen Harrington, candidate for Florida's 23rd Congressional district, is attending the Right Online conference, and I caught up with her this morning for coffee.

We had a great discussion about the lessons she's learned from her 2010 campaign against Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and what kind of reception she is getting with Democrat and independent voters in her South Florida district.

RedState interview with Karen Harrington at #BlogCon11

RedState's Moe Lane (follow him on Twitter @moelane) got this great interview with Congressional candidate Karen Harrington last week while we were at BlogCon in Denver:


YouTube | MoeLaneIII | Karen Harrington (R CAND, FL-20 Primary)

In case you missed it, here's my BlogCon interview with Karen:

Sunshine State Sarah | Interview with Karen Harrington [VIDEO]

Interview with Karen Harrington [VIDEO]

Catching up from BlogCon last week...Here's a short interview I did with Congressional candidate Karen Harrington when she stopped by our conference in Denver:


YouTube | Karen Harrington at #BlogCon11

Event reminder: Meet Karen Harrington tonight!

Just a reminder, you can meet Republican Congressional candidate Karen Harrington tonight at an event at Vida Latin Restaurant in Lake Mary, from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.

Full event details available at my post from Monday here.

Harrington is running against DNC Chair attack dog Debbie Wasserman Schultz, so supporting her is definitely a noble cause. Please stop by if you can.

For more information about Karen Harrington:

My post from earlier this week about a blogger conference call with Harrington
Karen Harrington campaign website
Karen Harrington on Facebook
@Karen4Congress on Twitter

For other great upcoming events, be sure to check out the "Events" tab at the top right of this page or click here.

Morning Coffee Reading for August 11, 2011

Here's your morning coffee reading for today:

• An excellent New York Post column by Kurt Schlichter regarding the announced 2012 film focusing on the raid by the Navy SEALs who successfully killed Osama bin Laden:

New York Post | Kurt Schlichter | Call Off the 'SEALs-ploitation'

• Looks like the Sunshine State isn't so sunny for Obama:

Real Clear Politics | Obama Faces Headwinds in Florida

• Florida Senate candidate Adam Hasner signed a term limits pledge to only serve two terms in the Senate if he's elected (he actually made this pledge at the beginning of his campaign):

Tampa Bay Blog | Fresh Squeezed Politics | Hasner signs term limit pledge, vows only two terms

Blogger conference call with Karen Harrington

I just got off a conference call for conservative bloggers with Republican Congressional candidate Karen Harrington. It was the first time I had heard her speak directly (other than her YouTube videos), and I was impressed. Those of you in the Central Florida area, you'll want to come out and meet her on Thursday (event details here).

Harrington put up a decent fight last year as a first time candidate against Debbie Wasserman Schultz, garnering nearly 40 percent of the vote and forcing her to spend about a million dollars to defend what had previously been viewed as a "guaranteed" Democrat seat. DWS is once again raising a boatload of money, but most of it comes from PACs. Harrington noted her opponent's lack of support among actual people living in the district, and proudly touted her own campaign's grassroots support. "She's going to raise a lot of money, but it's not going to come from the constituents. It never has."

According to the Harrington campaign's sources, the redistricting process is expected to shift District 20 about three to four percent more Republican. So, if Harrington got 40 percent last time, with the district's new Republicans being likely to support her, she needs to shift the polls less than ten percent to fire Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Folks, this seat is absolutely in play. Wouldn't it be fun to knock out the Chair of the DNC? Oh, is that violent rhetoric? Guess I'm one of those tea party terrorists that DWS and her left-wing buddies have been whining about lately...

Meet Karen Harrington

Regular readers of this blog know I am no fan of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, so I was happy to hear that Karen Harrington had launched a new Congressional campaign to attempt to unseat the DNC's favorite attack dog.

State Representative Scott Plakon is hosting a meet and greet in Central Florida this Thursday, so you can meet Karen Harrington yourself:

Thursday, August 11, 2011

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Vida Latin Restaurant

3579 Lake Emma Road

Lake Mary, FL 32746

(Full invite and more about Karen Harrington after the jump)