Public Policy Polling (12/4-5, “Minnesota voters”)
Amy Klobuchar (DFL-inc): 56
Michele Bachmann (R): 39
Undecided: 4Amy Klobuchar (DFL-inc): 54
Norm Coleman (R): 40
Undecided: 6Amy Klobuchar (DFL-inc): 56
Tom Emmer (R): 38
Undecided: 6Amy Klobuchar (DFL-inc): 53
Tim Pawlenty (R): 43
Undecided: 4Amy Klobuchar (DFL-inc):: 52
Erik Paulsen (R): 34
Undecided: 14MoE: ±3.2%
PPP’s latest has DFL incumbent Amy Klobuchar doing extraordinarily well a little less than two years out, besting all five GOP challengers by spreads of 10 to 18 points.
Klobuchar remains extremely popular, with approval ratings in almost unseen territory of +30, at 59/29! Her Class II counterpart, Al Franken, is barely above water at 45/42.
Also of note, Tom Emmer’s gubernatorial campaign (and potential post-election monkey business) have not reflected on him well, he records favorables at 37/49…almost as bad as tea party queen Bachmann’s 37/51.
I glad.
Please run!
Apologies for posting in an unrelated thread (no daily digest up yet), but the last House race of 2010 is finally over: Randy Altschuler has conceded to Tim Bishop.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blo…
None of what can be considered the “heavyweights” of the Republican party here (The GOP bench is astonishingly thin) will pull the trigger against Klobuchar in a presidential year, especially when the much weaker Franken is up in a midterm year in 2014. The candidate will probably come from the “some dude” category, or a state legislator looking to make a name for himself in time to run in 2014. Although the entire House and Senate is up for election in 2012 (Minnesota has a weird system where all senators are elected in years that end in 0, 2, and 6). If Redistricting doesn’t drastically change the lines (it won’t because courts will draw them again) Chip Cravaack my try and throw his hat in the ring, because carrying anything that looks close to the 8th district will be damn hard to hold in a not-wave year, especially in a Presidential election.
Least known among the polled candidates, moderate profile. With a decent campaign, I think he could hold Amy’s winning margin to 10.
oh please oh please oh please oh please oh please
Does anyone remember what Feingold’s numbers were a year out? I seem to remember PPPolling saying something along the lines of “at least Wisconsin is 1 seat the Dems don’t have to worry about this year”.
I’m not saying Klobuchar is or will be a vulnerable as Feingold turned out to be, but I doubt either senatorial committee is taking her of their target list because of these results.