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Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 10/19/09

Time to put a Wrap on Monday, while hiding the Halloween candy another dozen or two dozen times before the kids pick up its scent...

AR-Sen: DSCC Poll More Bullish on Lincoln Than Other Pollsters
I know the headline is a revelation on the order of "sun rises in east", but the DSCC...

NJ-Gov: The Video Chris Christie Doesn’t Want Anyone to See

It is hard to know if this will qualify as a "Macaca Moment" in the New Jersey gubernatorial campaign, but the Corzine campaign squad posted a YouTube last night that Republican rival Chris Christie probably wishes had stayed under wraps for another few weeks:

There is a lot of peril for...

NJ-Gov: NYT Poll Has Corzine Up 3; Christie Travel Woes Worsen

New Jersey Governor, polled by The New York Times, 10/9/09-10/14/09, Likely Voters, MoE +/- 4-5%

Jon Corzine (D) 40
Chris Christie (R) 37
Chris Daggett (I) 14

After a week in which Republican challenger Chris Christie has watched poll after poll showing a dwindling lead in...

Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 10/16/09

Sincere and heartfelt apologies for the absence of the Wrap last night, as the degree of catastrophic computer failure in my vicinity last night made me yearn for the Luddite days for a few hours.

So, please feel free to welcome back the Wrap with...practically no news as we head into the weekend. Grrr......

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Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 10/14/09

As we reach (an unusually wet, at least here in SoCal) midweek, we have quite a few political stories to ponder as we descend the hill towards the weekend....

NJ-Gov: Yet Another Poll Has It Deadlocked, Obama to Jump Into Race
Two big headlines out of the Garden State today (well, three, if...

NJ-Gov: Christie Lived Lush Life On Government Dime, According to Report

When you have built a large part of your personal campaign narrative around being a rough, tough fighter of government corruption (as New Jersey's GOP gubernatorial nominee Chris Christie has done), stories like this are bound to sting just a little bit extra:

Newly released travel records show that Chris Christie occasionally...

Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 10/13/09

As the author of the Wrap-Up goes through day two of laptop withdrawals, there are quite a few items in the political world that are worth a look-see...

NJ-Gov: PPP Poll Just The Latest To Confirm Close Race
Democrats have to be both pleased, and mildly disappointed, with the new numbers offered this...

Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 10/12/09

This will be a fairly quick edition of the Wrap, as the combination of my eight year-old son's soccer practice and the absence of my beloved laptop (which is currently in the shop getting de-virused, if that is a word), has rendered me temporally and technologically weakened.

NATIONAL: Obama's Poll Numbers Take Leap, According...

What The Elections of 2009 Will Tell Us About 2010

Over the summer, it was pretty hard to miss the less-than-stellar polling numbers for Democrats in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. And while those numbers have moderated somewhat (particularly in the Garden State), it has also been pretty hard to miss right wing crowing that the races amounted to a...

Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 10/8/09

The main campaign headline (the ever-tightening polling picture in New Jersey) is further down the front page. Now here is the rest of the goings-on in Campaign 2009/2010 for this Thursday...

VA-Gov: New WaPo Poll Extends McDonnell's Lead To Nine
The joy of the polling data in New Jersey gets tempered a little...

NJ-Gov: Pair of New Polls Confirm Race Is Now Toss-Up

New Jersey Governor, polled by Democracy Corps (D), 10/6/09-10/7/09, MoE +/- 4%

Jon Corzine (D) 41
Chris Christie (R) 38
Chris Daggett (I) 14

Democracy Corps (who uses Greenberg Quinlan Rosner as their pollster) is a frequent provider of polling data, both on a national level...

Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 10/7/09

For what it's worth: I think the Wrap-Up looks fantastic in olive green. But, what the heck, your mileage may vary...

LA-Sen: Rasmussen Gives Vitter Modest, But Not Decisive, Lead in Poll
Though the headline reads "GOP Leads by Double Digits", you can guess that the GOP has a little trepidation looking at...

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