Quite a campaign, that.

False starts. Staff shakeups. Gaffes. Embarrassing revelations compounded by confusing responses. The persistent need to self finance. It's all been part of the Katherine Harris Senate campaign for Florida, widely viewed as one of the GOP's most embarrassing efforts.

It's a fair description of the Mike McGavick Senate campaign here in the upper left, too, but Slade Gorton's old hatchet man is often depicted as one of the GOP's brightest lights and best hopes for an upset.

Of course, Harris is batshit crazy. Mike's just dishonest and mean.

Goldy finds another interesting point of comparison.

The latest SurveyUSA poll shows incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) leading Republican nutcase challenger Katherine Harris by a comfortable margin of 53 percent to 38 percent. SurveyUSA concludes that Nelson is well positioned to hold his Senate seat.

By comparison, the most recent SurveyUSA poll of WA’s Senate race shows Democratic incumbent Sen. Maria Cantwell leading Republican challenger Mike?™ McGavick by a 53 percent to 36 percent margin.

That's the best they've got, huh?