Poll finds Perry has the numbers, but White has a shot

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AUSTIN – Rick Perry has a solid but not insurmountable lead over Democrat Bill White in a new poll that indicates the Republican governor has yet to win over a majority of Texas voters.

Perry is benefiting from an economy that's better in Texas than in other states and from an energized, anti-Washington fervor that forms a central theme of his re-election campaign, according to the survey by The Dallas Morning News.

"He certainly looks like he's headed for another term," said pollster Mickey Blum.

Blum said White's task is "not impossible, but it's certainly difficult." Among the challenges, she said: "The state is arguably doing better than much of the country, there's a fairly popular governor you're running against and this is a Republican year all the way around."

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092610dntexgovpoll_.25c8eff.html

[Jane Austin]

1. Ugh. . . . . . . n/t

[Gman]

2. I don't understand this poll in light of

polls last week that said the race was a dead heat.