CT-Sen: Blumenthal Still Crushing Opposition

[ccharles000]

Rasmussen (1/6, likely voters):

Richard Blumenthal (D): 56
Rob Simmons (R): 33
Some other: 4
Not sure: 7

Richard Blumenthal (D): 58
Linda McMahon (R): 34
Some other: 3
Not sure: 5

Richard Blumenthal (D): 60
Peter Schiff (R): 24
Some other: 6
Not sure: 10
(MoE: ±4.5%)

Rasmussen piles on with a quickly-executed poll of the Connecticut Senate race, in the wake of Chris Dodd's bombshell retirement announcement and AG Richard Blumenthal's prompt entry. Although Rasmussen finds a narrower margin than PPP did yesterday (PPP found Blumenthal over Simmons 59-28, a 31-point margin for Blumenthal instead of today's 23), there's no way for them to polish this turd for the GOP. Considering that Rasmussen's last CT-Sen outing had Simmons beating Dodd by 13 -- and that Simmons is suddenly reduced to putting out memos that amount to "Hey, I can still win!" -- Dodd's withdrawal looks to have saved the Democrats at least one big headache come November.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/6159/ctsen-blumenthal-still-crushing-opposition

[rockymountaindem]

1. But this is a disaster for Dems!

Seriously, I heard it on the "news"!

[TexasObserver]

2. Recommend

[Kdillard]

3. Good news for team Blue.

[Jennicut]

4. I was part of this poll, got polled Tuesday night. Was wondering when they would have this out.

See ya Simmons.

[Beer Snob-50]

5. one of my coworkers is a repub conservative who loves blumenthal

she indicated she may even vote for him.

[CTyankee]

6. My next door neighbor is a pretty rabid anti-government "independent" and he is

very impressed that Blumenthal took on United Illuminating. But I doubt if he'll be voting for him (and I'll bet your coworker might not either) once the teabaggers get through with him.

The problem is not with the Blumenthals of our party. The problem is that the radical RW of the puke party knows the soft spots of these folks. They home in on them with a laser beam and "get" them thinking along their own lines again. All reason goes out the window. Despite my neighbor's own evidence to the contrary, he will probably end up not liking Blumenthal as Dem Senator because he's just another "tax and spend Democrat."