Good News in Two New TN-Senate polls

[longship]

Election Predictions is reporting two new Ford/Corker polls.

Mason-Dixon 9/25-9/27
D-Ford 45
R-Corker 44

Benenson Strategy Group (D) 9/25
D-Ford 45
R-Corker 39

At the link:

An internal Ford poll shows him leading Corker by 6, and this boosts the results of the Mason-Dixon poll. Good partisan polls are generally biased 4-5 points towards their candidate, and the "adjusted" results mirror the Mason-Dixon results. Earlier polls have see-sawed back and forth. Ford has been ahead, however, in the latest SurveyUSA poll and the previous Mason-Dixon poll. Only Zogby's interactive poll has given Corker a lead, and no one seems to trust Zogby's polling methodology just yet. This seat may flip, and combined with the Democrats' rising fortunes in Virginia, the Senate could conceivably shift control. While this remains unlikely, it is certainly becoming more probable. If the Democrats can hold New Jersey, a Tennessee flip along with Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Montana, and Missouri or Virginia would give them a majority.

[keta11]

1. Ford just might win this thing!!

If he pulls it off, we definitely are taking the Senate

[chelaque liberal]

2. I'm having a real conflict.

I absolutely don't want Corker to win, but will it be any better with Ford? My God, he voted to suspend Haebus Corpus and to allow torture. I don't know if I can vote for him.

[salin]

3. He would be better, esp if dems take the Senate

and he give the dems the edge to control the agenda in the senate and in the senate committees. He probably would sometimes vote against the dem majority, but would probably vote with the dem majority more often than not. I hate to say it, but I think he is a wee bit finger in the windish (like my own Sen. Bayh) which means if he felt the sentiments of the public in Tennessee abandoned the agenda of Bush completely he would do the same, then again as long as he sees supporting some of the bushian "defense/security" measures - he will sometimes defect from the dems to vote with the GOP.

With Corker - it would be in support of a GOP majority - ALL of the time.