MO Senate: McCaskill (D) 49%, Talent (R) 43%

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Among 800 likely voters polled last week, 49 percent supported state Auditor Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, in her quest to replace U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo. That compared to 43 percent who favored retaining Talent, who has been in office since 2003. The remaining 8 percent were undecided.

In the poll, Ali noted, McCaskill had slightly higher approval ratings - and lower disapproval scores - than Talent did.

But Talent has the cash. His last campaign report, filed in April, showed him with more than twice as much in the bank as McCaskill. President George W. Bush is traveling to St. Louis on Wednesday to help Talent raise even more.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/8CD39743858142E086257197005F0EAB?OpenDocument

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1. Very good news!

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2. but that's nothing Diebold can't fix

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3. The Show Me State is showing me how to turn things around!

That's quite a turnaround after the Zogby/WSJ poll just 3 days ago, and the best polling result for McCaskill so far!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_United_States_Senate_election%2C_2006#Polling

Something even more exciting is the improvement in our chance to regain control of the Senate this year. We need to pick up a total of at least 6 seats. According to the most recent polling information for all races, we now stand to gain 4: Missouri, Montana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. We have a good chance to pick up 3 more: Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia. And momentum appears to be on our side.