WOO HOO! Top story in my local paper: Sestak gains in Senate race

[PA Democrat]

Polls show Democrat inching ahead of Toomey as vote nears
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
By Daniel Malloy, Post-Gazette Washington Bureau

PHILADELPHIA -- As the two contenders for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat take the stage to debate here tonight, there may be a new leader for the first time.

A new survey released Tuesday by Public Policy Polling shows Democrat Joe Sestak ahead of Republican Pat Toomey, 46 percent to 45 percent. A second poll released Tuesday night showed an even greater advantage for Mr. Sestak. An Allentown Morning Call/Muhlenberg College Tracker poll showed the Mr. Sestak leading Mr. Toomey 44 percent to 41 percent with 15 percent undecided.

Democrats released internal polls last week showing a tight race, but these were the first public independent poll showing Mr. Sestak leading in a contest Mr. Toomey has led consistently since the general election campaign began.

In August, a Public Policy poll showed Mr. Toomey with a 45-36 lead on his Democratic rival, a second-term congressman from Delaware County and former Navy admiral. At that point, Mr. Toomey and conservative allies had been airing television ads almost unopposed for months.


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[PA Democrat]

1. It's nice to see a factual story after all of the "Democrats are going to lose"

hoopla by the media.

Sestak has faced a huge uphill battle because of all of the corporate and RNC money being thrown toward Toomey. There were months of anti-Sestak ads aired before Sestak had a single commercial on the air.

[Tippy]

2. I have a hunch all the RNC ad's may backfire on them

I know here in TN they run one ad right after another, viewers are angry.

[PA Democrat]

4. The local morning news is unwatchable because of all of the right-wing ads.

The RNC and their corporate masters are also pouring money into the race for Murtha's seat as well as the governor's race.

[Deep13]

3. Uh oh! That wasn't s'posed to happen!

:evilgrin:

[livetohike]

5. I love the Sestak ads (at least the one I've seen in our

conservative TV coverage). We get the Altoona/Johnstown stations for local news. I hardly ever watch the stations, but we get the CW station from Pgh. and those ads are great :-).

[disillusioned73]

6. Mirror image of the Sestak v Specter primary race...

Sestak will take this with a confortable margin. These pollsters are not reliable as far as I'm concerned. Voters are not THIS affected by ads, although Toomey did have a big jump on Sestak in that regard.

He( Toomey) was just rounding up the Repub voters that weren't going to vote D anyway, the rightwing is all a tither in red county PA where I reside but these areas don't sway the elections. Pittsburgh/Philly areas do, and Toomey will not make any inroads in the west side of the state since Stetak is a rep. from that area.... Philly just needs to GOTV

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

:thumbsup: