Katherine Harris' Senate campaign in Florida continues to operate somewhere between a soap opera and a really bad television reality show. This week Ms. Harris suffered yet another gaffe after a rally in a hangar at the Orlando airport turned up only 40 people. Ms. Harris explained the poor attendance by saying there had been a last-minute change of venue after a tree had fallen on the original building, but airport officials said no such accident occurred and that Ms. Harris was in the hangar originally booked by her campaign.

Shortly after the event, Ms. Harris parted company with her political director, yet another name added to an already embarrassingly long list of high-level staff defections. Ms. Harris is now working with her fourth campaign manager and third communications director since the campaign began last year.

Despite the constant chaos and ridicule surrounding Ms. Harris, a new poll shows that she continues to hold more than a two-to-one advantage over her nearest primary opponent. But that opponent, retired two-star Admiral LeRoy Collins, has picked up 12 percentage points in the last six weeks, along with endorsements from five of the major papers in the state. With only eleven days left before the primary, however, Admiral Collins' surge will probably come up short, in which case the Harris Horror show will extend its run through November 7 before being cancelled permanently by Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson.

All in all a very disappointing result for the GOP in a Republican-leaning state with a Democratic incumbent who was once high on their list of potential targets.