G.O.P. Worries Face From Past Will Haunt Florida Senate Race By ABBY GOODNOUGH, NYTimes

It would seem that the last thing President Bush needs as he seeks re-election next year is anything that reopens the profound wounds from the Florida presidential recount of 2000.

So it is little wonder that when Representative Katherine Harris, who became the globally known face of the recount as Florida’s secretary of state, expressed interest in running for the Senate in 2004, Mr. Bush’s advisers shuddered, Republicans say.

[Imagine] the image of Ms. Harris campaigning alongside Mr. Bush in Florida next fall, stirring up partisan memories and potentially driving Florida Democrats to the polls in record numbers….