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Senate Races Grow More and
More Competitive Part Two of Three By Dave Andrusko
Three headlines, two positive, one negative. One read, "[Senator Barbara] Boxer in closest match of her career." The advantage formerly enjoyed by Boxer, who never shirks from vigorously attacking her opponents, is now within the statistical margin of error, according to reporter Darren Samuelsohn. Pro-life Republican Carly Fiorina is giving Boxer all she can handle, including calmly deflecting what Samuelsohn calls Boxer's use of "red-meat rhetoric," particularly on abortion. In Washington state, the chattering class had come to a rolling consensus that pro-abortion incumbent Patty Murray (D) was pulling away from pro-life Republican Dino Rossi. Two recent polls show a tightening of the context, according to Shira Toepliz. The most recent--taken over the weekend and released Monday--showed Murray's lead down to 2%--49% to 47%. The outlier--the poll that is all out of whack with polls conducted for months--has pro-life Republican Pat Toomey trailing pro-abortion Democrat Joe Sestak by 1%. The poll comes from what accounts politely call the "Democratic-allied Public Policy Polling." This same company, in August, found that Toomey, a former three-term congressman, held a 9 percentage-point edge. So, it is more likely that the race is more competitive, no particular surprise, than that Sestak is ahead. It does means that Toomey and his supporters will have to work even harder over the next 12 days. Please send your comments on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today to daveandrusko@gmail.com. If you like, join those who are following me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/daveha. |
