OR-Sen: Rasmussen Says Dead Heat; SSP Upgrades to "Tossup"

[ccharles000]

Jeff Merkley (D): 45 (39)
Gordon Smith (R-inc): 46 (47)
(MoE: ±4.0%)
There's been a decided shift in momentum in the last few weeks in this race: the Merkley internal poll giving him the lead (and giving Smith a catastrophic 61% disapproval rating), a panicky Smith dropping his 'nice guy' image to run sleazy attack ads, and Willamette Week pounding away at Smith on the hiring-illegal-immigrants front (with new research released today, interviewing five people who were illegals at the time of employment for the Prince of Peas).

Well, we have some confirmation from a public pollster: Rasmussen, who last month seemed to show a race slipping away from Merkley, shows a huge bounce-back for Merkley, now down just by 1. Significantly, Merkley leads 46-42 among unaffiliated voters.

We at SSP had been suspecting that where there was smoke, there was fire; with confirmation from a public pollster, we feel confident in upgrading this race to "Tossup."


http://swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=43D3DA791EDE6E9690367AD7C35E2473?diaryId=3068

[featherman]

1. Good news... the Smith ads are as vicious as I have seen in Oregon for over 40 years

[Hope And Change]

2. Great News!Thanks For Posting!K & R!

[ccharles000]

3. You are welcome.

[Arugula Latte]

4. I'm going to donate a little to Merkley.

It won't be much, but I want to feel like I've had a small, small part in things if Gordo gets his ass kicked back to Pendleton, Ore.