Polls: GOP Losing Grip On Senate - McClatchy News Service

[WillyT]

Polls: GOP losing grip on Senate
Democrats must gain at least six seats to grab control - a feat that is suddenly not so farfetched.
By Steven Thomma - McClatchy Washington Bureau
Last Updated 12:52 am PDT Monday, October 2, 2006



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WASHINGTON -- Democrats are within striking distance of taking control of the U.S. Senate on Election Day, a series of new polls for McClatchy Newspapers and MSNBC showed today.

Democratic Senate candidates are tied, have a slight edge or an outright lead in every one of 10 pivotal battleground states. No Democrat trails in those races; no Republican leads. Democrats must gain six seats to capture control of the 100-member Senate.

Democratic candidates have a strong chance to win all seven at-risk Republican Senate seats -- with their candidates tied in Virginia and Missouri, holding a slight edge in Ohio, Rhode Island and Tennessee, and leading in Montana and Pennsylvania. Democrats are also in position to hold their three most vulnerable seats -- with a slight edge in New Jersey and leading in Maryland and Washington.

This in-depth, state-by-state look at the political landscape of 10 Senate battleground states five weeks before Election Day, Nov. 7, is based on a series of polls by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research, Inc. Seven were conducted for McClatchy Newspapers and MSNBC, and three for other newspapers were made available to McClatchy. Each state poll was conducted by phoning 625 likely voters in the final week of September. The error margin is plus or minus four percentage points.

"These numbers look very encouraging for the Democrats to take control of the Senate," said Mason-Dixon pollster Brad Coker.

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Link: http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/32539.html

Just in case anybody wanted to know...

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[Oceansaway]

1. TOUCHE !!..n/t

[WillyT]

2. Kick !!!

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[FrenchieCat]

3. That's only showing a 5 seat possible pick up......

Cause Washington State and New Jersey are already ours.

We also need Tennessee and/or Frist's seat to come out in the majority. I think that we can do it.....

I think that the Foley scandal and its' implication to the GOP leadership hasn't yet quite sunk in.