Striking distance

McCain leads Obama by just 8 in West Virginia yet some poor-mouthed those of us who saw it as striking distance.

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by: Carnacki @ Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 17:25:13 PM UTC

I wonder if Sebelius as VP would help

Can't see it hurting but its probably too much of a stretch to make the state competitive for Obama himself.  

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by: conspiracy @ Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 17:42:15 PM UTC

SurveyUSA showed Obama

did better with Sebelius, but not enough to win.
http://www.surveyusa.com/index...

But remember this is a state that went by 20 and 26 points to Bush in 2000 and 2004. The fact that we are even talking about it as possibly competitive is remarkable.  

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by: sulthernao @ Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 17:52:04 PM UTC

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New internal poll for LA-Sen

http://www.marylandrieu.com/ne...

Shows Landrieu up big, 49-33.

Biggest difference between this poll and the Previous 3 pt. Rasmussen poll seems to be the name recognition of Kennedy.

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by: sulthernao @ Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 17:56:35 PM UTC

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Given a 60-33 favorable for Roberts, Slattery is doing much better than I expected.

Maybe the margin is still at 12% and this is an outlier, but if this 8% is anywhere near legitimate, then Slattery is impressing me.

party: Democratic, ideology: moderate, district: CT-01

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by: Glenn Magus Harvey @ Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 19:32:15 PM UTC

The importance of a good candidate

I give Slattery a ton of credit for taking this race on, and it shows why it is important to have viable candidates, and not just place-fillers, to run in every race -- and I'm speaking as someone who lives in a state where the Democratic Party couldn't find anyone to take on Senator Lugar last time around!

You never know what will happen.  Kansas is a very Republican state, but not an over-the-top conservative one.  They've seen a moderate/conservative split in their Republican party as serious as any state in the country, and it looks like we can take advantage of that.  Will Slattery win?  Probably not.  But he's a credible candidate that I bet most Kansans see as a potential United States Senator, so who knows what will happen this fall.

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by: IndianaProgressive @ Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 22:27:55 PM UTC