Marist: Toomey up 7 in PA
posted at 5:45 pm on October 30, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Marist released its latest polls for races in four states yesterday evening, and the news looks good for Republicans — perhaps most in Pennsylvania, where the GOP could use some good news. After polls showed the races tightening in the Keystone State for Senate and governor, Marist now shows Pat Toomey with a seven-point lead over Joe Sestak with just a few days left. Tom Corbett likewise has a seven point lead over Dan Onorato, with both Republicans crossing the 50% marker.
Toomey leads 52/45, with only 2% left undecided in the race. Corbett has a 51/44 lead with 4% undecided. Both win wide margins with voters claiming to be “very enthusiastic,” a trend seen for Republicans in all four states. For Corbett,. it’s 59/36, and for Toomey it’s 55/37. The total sample had an 11-point Democratic advantage but the likely voters were R+2, which means turnout will be the entire ballgame. Barack Obama has spent a lot of time in Philadelphia attempting to rally the base, but that only will work in Philadelphia, where his approval rating is 78/18. In the state, he’s at a 47/46, and so far his efforts don’t appear to be paying off for either Sestak or Onoato.
WISCONSIN: Not too much surprising in this poll. Ron Johnson still enjoys a healthy lead over incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold among likely voters and a narrow one among all registered voters (52/45, 44/42). Scott Walker holds the same lead over Tom Barrett for Governor, 51/44. The White House appears to have chosen wisely in writing off Wisconsin this weekend, but that may come back to bite Obama when he attempts to win re-election.
COLORADO: Ken Buck holds a narrow 49/45 lead over incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet. Both candidates hold their parties well, and Buck wins a 6% edge among independents. Among the “very enthusiastic,” though, Buck has a 14-point lead, 55/41. In the gubernatorial race, John Hickenlooper holds a 4-point edge over Tom Tancredo, 47/43, but among the “very enthusiastic,” Tancredo leads 48/41. Colorado should be an interesting race to watch on Tuesday night …. or more like Wednesday morning.
WASHINGTON: Incumbent Patty Murray just can’t shake Dino Rossi, and this one has plenty of enthusiasm on both sides. Among likely voters, Murray leads by one point, 49/48. But among “very enthusiastic” voters, Rossi leads 51/48. Most of the votes in this race have already been cast, however, since most of Washington votes by mail. Those who say that they have already voted give the edge to Rossi, 49/48. We probably will have to wait until Thursday or Friday to know how this one ends.
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Sweet. How sweet it is.
Finally, Obama’s chikkinzzz are coming home to roost.
petefrt on May 19, 2013 at 8:22 PM
This.
When you have to plead incompetence to defend against charges of malfeasance, you know you might be in trouble.
petefrt on May 19, 2013 at 8:36 PM
ear relevant…
driguana on May 19, 2013 at 8:59 PM
Flush this lying tudd down the drain with the rest of the Obamacrap.
kemojr on May 19, 2013 at 9:34 PM
This was Dan Pfeiffer’s week in the barrel, like Susan Rice he was given the White House talking points and sent on a mission. He really needs to get copies of these tapes and watch them and see how foolish and unbelievable he looked and sounded. The White House is losing the little credibility it still had by sending these shills out every week trying to do damage control. Community organizers make poor leaders.
savage24 on May 19, 2013 at 9:42 PM
Pfeiffer’s statement that the law is irrelevant because the IRS conduct was “outrageous” and “inexcusable”, tells us all we need to know about this administration.
However, the follow-up should have been, “On what standard do you judge their conduct to be outrageous and inexcusable since the law is apparently not an appropriate standard?” (At least in Pfeiffer’s mind.)
What this comes down to is this: “if the Administrative deems something “outrageous” and “inexcusable,” then it is declared such. As we have seen in so many other areas, if the Administrative deems something to not be “outrageous” and “inexcusable,” then it is declared such.
In their mind, the law is – in fact – irrelevant. That’s what makes this situation so dangerous.
It’s not socialism. It’s worse.
EdmundBurke247 on May 19, 2013 at 10:36 PM
Irrelevant = “What Difference Does It Make?”
jaydee_007 on May 19, 2013 at 10:41 PM
A fitting capstone to Ed’s story about loss-prevention (aka employee theft) and management’s “permission structure” in this post.
(Not to mention the jaw-dropping statements of Eleanor Clift in this one.)
AesopFan on May 19, 2013 at 11:40 PM
I enjoy popcorn and hope it is a long week.
Drill and Fill on May 20, 2013 at 12:41 AM
Hey give Barky a break. He had to get his sorry ass out to Vegas.
tbear44 on May 20, 2013 at 4:49 AM
Of course they sent Pfeiffer out to do the Sunday shows. He was the most senior expendable staff member they had . . .
BigAlSouth on May 20, 2013 at 5:39 AM
Pfeiffer… The guy with the red shirt in the landing party…
Boudica on May 20, 2013 at 5:53 AM
Perfect!
lea on May 20, 2013 at 7:11 AM
Does anybody else remember the campaign in 2008 when Obama defended his lack of administrative experience by saying he was just so smart and tuned in that his instincts were better than experience. Someone needs to dredge up these sound bites and play then with the current line about the government being too large to control and that the White House only knows what it reads in the newspaper.
bartbeast on May 20, 2013 at 8:43 AM
If where the president was during the Benghazi crisis is “irrelevant”, then he wasn’t where one would expect the Commander-in-Chief to be. So, where was he? Was he watching a movie in the residence? Was he bowling? Or was he having a bi-curious outing with his good buddy Reggie Love? If Obama was AWOL, as I suspect he was, it is he who is irrelevant. This entire stinkin’ criminal Obama Regime must go and now!
SpiderMike on May 20, 2013 at 9:31 AM
If this continues all week, it will be ‘O’ himself doing the rounds on the Sunday talk shows – except for Fox, of course. (‘O’ can do everything better than everyone else as he has been known to say.)
He then gets the extra benefit that no one will challenge him like they have begun to do with his minions.
Carnac on May 20, 2013 at 11:00 AM
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