Rasmussen (1/6, likely voters):
Richard Blumenthal (D): 56
Rob Simmons (R): 33
Some other: 4
Not sure: 7Richard Blumenthal (D): 58
Linda McMahon (R): 34
Some other: 3
Not sure: 5Richard Blumenthal (D): 60
Peter Schiff (R): 24
Some other: 6
Not sure: 10
(MoE: ±4.5%)
Rasmussen piles on with a quickly-executed poll of the Connecticut Senate race, in the wake of Chris Dodd’s bombshell retirement announcement and AG Richard Blumenthal’s prompt entry. Although Rasmussen finds a narrower margin than PPP did yesterday (PPP found Blumenthal over Simmons 59-28, a 31-point margin for Blumenthal instead of today’s 23), there’s no way for them to polish this turd for the GOP. Considering that Rasmussen’s last CT-Sen outing had Simmons beating Dodd by 13 — and that Simmons is suddenly reduced to putting out memos that amount to “Hey, I can still win!” — Dodd’s withdrawal looks to have saved the Democrats at least one big headache come November.
RaceTracker Wiki: CT-Sen
If only because she self-finances and thus saves the NRSC from pumping any of their own $$$ into this thing.
It reminded me of the “McCain is closing” memo on election eve 2008.
PPP has Blumenthal +31 over Simmons
Ras has Blumenthal +23 over Simmons
This is a nine point difference meaning Ras polls a definatly biased.
This also means that Martha Coakley is probably leading Scott Brown by 18 points instead of nine.
we will probably have 3 polls showing Blumenthal making roadkill out of Simmons. If R2K confirms the same thing can this race be moved to lean D or solid D.
“Guys? Guys? Where’d everybody go?”
n/t
Yesterday, Simmons was down thirty one. Today, he’s down twenty three. If current trends continue, he will be leading by Sunday.
A friend of mine just sent me a video of Linda McMahon recently addressing a GOP town committee in CT. They have her go through a laundry list of issues, and apparently, she’s pro-choice, anti-torture, wants to pull out of Iraq, and would’ve voted “yes” on TARP. The only thing she appears right-wing on is cap-and-trade.
Is there any chance Peter Schiff could actually tea-bag his way outta this thing?