Duck and Cover

Katherine "Cruella D'evil" Harris retreats to the bunker as the karmic implications of her election theft, campaign chicanery, and really bad makeup catch up with her. Time to unleash the flying monkeys!

Harris `Circling the Wagons' | theledger.com

PORT CHARLOTTE -- Already trying to avoid the media, Longboat Key Republican Katherine Harris is now canceling campaign stops in Southwest Florida as questions swirl about her ties to a Washington, D.C., defense contractor at the center of an ongoing national bribery scandal.

Harris, who is running for the U.S. Senate, abruptly canceled a stop in Charlotte County on Saturday, and four other events planned for Lee and Collier counties were removed from her campaign Web site.

It's another sign that Harris' struggling campaign is now in full crisis mode. Political consultants say that shying away from the public right now is also a bad strategy.

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