Great Falls Tribune: Poll: Opponents close in on Burns

[PhilipShore]

Great Falls Tribune
Poll: Opponents close in on Burns
February 14, 2006

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060214/NEWS01/602140307/1002

One of U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns' Democratic opponents has pulled ahead of him, and the other is running dead even, according to the latest Rasmussen Research poll released Monday.

The survey of 500 likely voters showed that 50 percent of those polled preferred state Auditor John Morrison, to the 43 percent who chose Burns. Burns' other main Democratic opponent, state Senate President Jon Tester, was tied with the Republican senator, 46-46 percent.

The results were titled "Burns in Trouble" by Rasmussen, which attributed the poll numbers to publicity about Burns' ties to Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who pleaded guilty last month in a congressional influence-peddling scandal.

[Atman]

1. I wonder if he'll get one of the GOP's "special" DRE in his district?

Watch for lots of miracle underdog comebacks in 2006, a la Saxby Chambliss in GA in 2002. The machines are fine tuned now.

[swag]

2. The Trib's headline is funny, isn't it?

Considering Morrison beats Burns above and beyond the margin of error in the Rasmo poll.

Here's a link to the Rasmussen poll summary:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/February%202006/Montana%20Senate%20February.htm

Here's a link to another thread on the Montana Senate race:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2457258&mesg_id=2457258