Boing Boing reports Katherine Harris is number one - dumbest Congress-critter in office today.

Boing Boing reports that Rep. Katherine Harris (R.-FL) has been awarded First Prize in the Dumbest Congresscritters countdown.

I have had no doubt of it, which is why I have followed her campaign this year to replace Sen. Ben Nelson (D-FL). It has been a year-long exercise of finding out the answer to the question "She did WHAT this time?"

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For previous articles on Katherine Harris

• Katherine Harris may take other Repubs down with her
  09-26-2006.
• What is it with Republican Senate candidates the republicans don't want?
  09-06-2006
• Katherine Harris ignored FL Republican leaders when they withdrew support
  08-01-2006
• Katherine Harris loses another aide.
  07-21-2006
• Some Katherine Harris snark.
  06-19-2006
• Katherine Harris loses fourth Chief of Staff.
  06-10-2006
• Katherine Harris' problems in the Florida Senate race.
  06-06-2006
• Update of Katherine Harris of Florida.
  05-22-2006
• Nelson crushing Harris in latest poll.
  04-14-2006

OK, Ok, so who were the other nine Congress-critters on the list, and why? As you might guess, I consider K. Harris to be in a class by herself. No one else can compete for number ONE!

But here is the full list of all ten from Radar with reasons. This is fun reading if you can just ignore that these people are a central part of the American government!