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Another Poll Shows Blumenthal Way Ahead For Dodd's Senate Seat
CT Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D)
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The new Rasmussen poll of Connecticut, conducted last night in the wake of Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd's retirement announcement, confirms that Democratic state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is now the heavy favorite to keep the seat for the party.
Blumenthal leads former Rep. Rob Simmons by 56%-33%; Blumenthal leads former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon by 58%-34%; and Blumenthal leads financial analyst Peter Schiff by 60%-24%. These results are fairly similar to yesterday's numbers from Public Policy Polling (D), which was conducted just before the news of Dodd's retirement and Blumenthal's entry into the race.
Dodd had been performing badly in previous Rasmussen polls. From the pollster's analysis: "With a single announcement, Chris Dodd transformed the Senate race in Connecticut from one that leaned in the GOP direction to a fairly safe bet for the Democratic Party."
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The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
January 7, 2010 2:23 PM
Well now that that paragon of MSM credibility Rasmussen has chimed in, maybe NPR will finally stop screaming that Dodd's retirement is EXCELLENT NEWS!!!!! FOR REPUBLICANS!!!!!!!
Not that I don't love Chris. He's an outstanding public servant and his retirement is a loss to the nation. But, well, it would have been a bigger loss if he'd been "retired" in the next election.
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Steve LaBonne
January 7, 2010 2:42 PM in reply to The Commenter Formerly Known as NCSteve
You're kidding, right? No matter what happens, according to the "liberal" media it's ALWAYS good news for Republicans.
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Stroszek
January 7, 2010 2:33 PM
LOL!
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Sailormarlowe
January 7, 2010 3:06 PM
Blumenthal looks like cheap imitation of Charlton Heston.
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ogliberal
January 7, 2010 3:12 PM
I'm still amused at the fact that the wingers are pointing to a Rasmussen poll that showed Scott Brown down to Coakley by 9 just two weeks before the election and saying, "We can win Teddy's seat!" Yeah, right. I hope they now realize that CT didn't have a Dem or Obama problem, it had a Chris Dodd problem. It's also looking like Hickenlooper might stand a chance in Colorado. He's essentially statistically tied at this point at only 3pts down in the Ras poll.
But, again, I think the GOP is now willing to concede that they can't win this one. But they are working themselves into a frenzy over MA. I think they know they can't win but they'll spin a 7pt Coakley win in a special election as a HUGE victory for the Tea Parties. Does anybody here think that Brown has ANY chance of beating Coakley or even coming within 10pts?
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ignoreland
January 7, 2010 3:42 PM
According to Investors Business Daily's front page, 9 points is easily within the margin of victory - for Brown. All that has to happen is for the Democrats to stay in bed. (They even headlined it, "Shhh. Don't wake the Dems".
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Stroszek
January 7, 2010 4:03 PM in reply to ignoreland
According to right-wing rag, right-wing delusions will be kept alive yet. Shocking!
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