McMahon Reducing Gap With Blumenthal. Leads With Independents.
A Rasmussen poll released this morning shows Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s lead over Republican Linda McMahon at 13 points. The Democrat leads the wrestling mogul 52-39 in a survey of 500 likely voters. Blumenthal became a candidate in January when incumbent Christopher Dodd abandoned his re-election race.
Blumenthal is down from his high of 60% in Rasmussen match ups. In the latest survey he bests Republican Rob Simmons 55-32. Simmons is down 6% from last month. This is McMahon’s best showing, though Rasmussen points out that no Republican hopeful has yet to crack 40% in its polls of the race. The McMahon trend, however, has on the upswing. The Republican convention to name an endorsed candidate is two weeks from tomorrow. Today’s poll will come as worrisome news for the Simmons camp.
This paragraph from the Rasmussen analysis will cause the Blumenthal campaign the most concern: “McMahon is the only one of the GOP candidates who bests Blumenthal among voters not affiliated with either major party. The Democrat carries those voters in the other match-ups.” Unaffiliated voters are the largest bloc among Connecticut voters.
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Wasn’t Reagan behind about now in 1984?
Counting Simmons or Fedele out of their races would be the same mistake right now as both enjoy superior bona-fides than their respective opponents.
The voters would have to be dumb to elect Bluementhal, the worst AG in the country according to business rankings. No wonder we are bleeding jobs in this state.
No Doug, Reagan wasn’t “behind about now in 1984.” Nice try…
If McMahon is the nominee, Blumenthal will tear her to shreds by the time November rolls around.
No sense talking about Fedele being the nominee Doug because no way in the world will that happen.
Like Dick Morris says, all anybody has to do is air some of that brain-dead foolish footage of Linda McMahon and her husband in the ring doing things like kicking her own son in the nuts and “it is all over”. Morris said that no matter how much money Linda McMahon gave him, there is no way he could ever get her elected. She is just a checkbook.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDSbfuoeA4Q
There is no way that woman is going to be a senator. If she steals the nomination then the race is over. Congresman Rob Simmons on the other hand, different story.