From Rasmussen (likely voters, no trendlines):
Beshear (D): 51
Fletcher (R-inc.): 35
Other: 8
Undecided: 6
(MoE: ±4.5%)
This poll comes on the heels of a SUSA survey which showed Beshear with an even larger lead. It’s a little hard to know what to believe, except for one thing: Fletcher is in the doghouse, and he’d have to pull off a miracle to come out of it. Then again, I figured for sure Northup would clobber him. Can lightning strike twice for Ernie? I doubt it, but I’m done saying “never” in this business.
P.S. Mark Nickolas has some more thoughts here. Amusingly, he also takes the Sean Connery pledge to never say never.
(Hat-tip: Taegan Goddard.)