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CO-Sen: Udall Posts 8 and 10-Point Leads in New Polls

by: James L.

Mon Aug 25, 2008 at 1:00 PM EDT

Suffolk University (8/21-24, likely voters, no trendlines):

Mark Udall (D): 39
Bob Schaffer (R): 31
Douglas Campbell (ACP): 4
Robert Kinsey (G): 2
Undecided: 22
(MoE: ±4.6%)

Mason-Dixon also has released a poll (8/13-15, likely voters) showing Udall leading Schaffer by 10 points:

Mark Udall (D): 47
Bob Schaffer (R): 37
Robert Kinsey (G): 2
(MoE: ±4.9%)

Schaffer's campaign manager, major league asshole Dick Wadhams, responds with his typical bluster:

"That flies in the face of just about every other number I've seen in this race, and I think Mason-Dixon had a bad night," said Schaffer campaign spokesman Dick Wadhams. "This poll is so far off the mark, I can't even respond to it."

Interesting. See, I'm looking at Pollster.com's chart for this race, and I see seven other polls showing Udall leading by eight points or more. In fact, the Pollster aggregate shows Udall leading by six points, so it's hard to argue that Mason-Dixon is that far off the mark.

SSP currently rates this race as Lean Democratic.

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CO-Sen: Udall Posts 8 and 10-Point Leads in New Polls | 5 comments

Suffolk didn't call Schaffer the incumbant

did they?

by: wmlawman @ Mon Aug 25, 2008 at 12:02:52 PM CDT

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No, my bad

It's sort of a reflexive instinct on my part to include the "r-inc" in a poll.

by: James L. @ Mon Aug 25, 2008 at 12:04:47 PM CDT

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What polls exactly has Dick Wad been looking at?

For the lazy the last 10 polls have been Udall +8, +8, +6, +6, +9, Tie, +3, +9, +10, +9. Maybe he has bought into the Rove "Math".

by: conspiracy @ Mon Aug 25, 2008 at 13:37:30 PM CDT

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Wadhams is right

Most of the other polls don't show a 10-point margin. They often show a 7-9 point margin.

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Bill Posey is not half-alligator...and is outclassed by Davy Crockett anyway: http://www.washingtonmonthly.c...

by: Glenn Magus Harvey @ Mon Aug 25, 2008 at 16:12:09 PM CDT

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How long do we get to keep Wadhams?

He's so charmingly incompetent and aggressive, but he's been on a losing streak and I can see it continuing.

I just hope they take pity on him and keep giving him employment, so they get poorly run campaigns and we get the constant hilarity of Rovian politics without the talent.

by: Englishlefty @ Tue Aug 26, 2008 at 04:34:07 AM CDT

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