The latest Zogby online poll has the Republican in the Connecticut Senate race receiving three percent of the vote. It also has the Republican candidate for Governor in New York trailing Eliot Spitzer by 35% and their Senate candidate trailing Hillary by 28%. Their gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts trails ours by 29%.
Meanwhile, the Chafee/Laffey primary is tomorrow, and the late polls are confusing:
Late polls suggest contradictory outcomes — one has Laffey up 17 points, another Chafee up 14 — an indication of how difficult it is to gauge a GOP primary in an overwhelmingly Democratic state. But the two candidates have both said that the race is tight going into the primary.
If Laffey wins, the Republicans say they will concede the seat to Whitehouse. Maybe this is why.
Polls taken over the summer by Rhode Island College, Brown University and Channel 12, all show Chafee running neck-and-neck with presumptive Democratic nominee Sheldon Whitehouse, but Whitehouse trouncing Laffey by more than 30 percentage points.
If you live in Wisconsin, don’t forget to vote for the Kossack running for Senate.
Democratic voters will choose their party’s candidate in the races for the 8th Congressional District, U.S. Senate (where veteran Sen. Herb Kohl is opposed by Madison activist Ben Masel), attorney general and secretary of state.
That’s tomorrow.
The latest on other Senate races, below the fold.
Web polls are never accurate, but I’m glad I don’t live in York, Pennsylvania. Jeebus. Well, they have a history. Anyway.
In Virginia, Allen has pretty much lost his lead. Macaca!!
The Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. found 46 percent of those interviewed supported Allen in his bid for a second term and 42 percent backed Webb.
In Tennessee, Rasmussen has the race at Corker 45% Ford 44%. That’s a toss-up, folks.
In Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar is talking tough about trying a juvenile as an adult.
In New Jersey, the GOP is upto their usual dirty tricks:
Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez yesterday questioned the timing of subpoenas reportedly issued by the U.S. attorney’s office to examine the records of a Hudson County nonprofit agency he rented space to and for which he helped obtain federal grants.
In Nevada, Jack Carter is recovering from a nasty bout of colitis. President Carter came out to visit him. Sounds serious, but word is, he’s on the mend.
Out in Arizona, Pederson is hanging in there and talking minimum wage. “Polls show Kyl in the lead but a new Democratic polling firm puts the race at 47 percent to 41 percent. Other, independent polls give Kyl larger leads.”
In Montana, the press coverage goes like this:
Republican Sen. Conrad Burns told a boisterous crowd in Hamilton on Sunday that he’s the candidate for U.S. Senate who is not “a lawbreaker.”
Members of the audience took offense and shouted “psycho” and booed as Burns claimed that Democratic Senate candidate Jon Tester has an illegal slush fund, has taken “unreported” trips to Taiwan, and made illegal phone calls to raise campaign funds.
In Connecticut, Lamont is becoming a role-model for other challengers.
I hope these fuckers are in denial.
And, in conclusion, Halloween is just around the corner. BEWARE OF NANCY PELOSI!!
For all those glum conservatives out there, Terry Jeffries has a message: Yes, the Republican-led Congress has failed to plug the leaks in the nation’s borders. Yes, federal spending is out of control, despite pledges by Republican leaders to temper it. And, yes, Congress has failed to pass key social measures once thought all but assured, considering Congress and the White House are in Republican hands.
But Jeffries, the editor of Human Events, a respected conservative newsweekly, also wants readers to realize those frustrations will seem piddling if Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the strident Democratic leader from California, becomes speaker of the House after November’s elections.