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| WI Sen Poll: Thompson(R) Could Beat Feingold(D) |
| 2010-01-28 |
| Earlier this week, Rasmussen polled a potential matchup between Rep. Mike Pence (R) and Sen. Evan Bayh (D) in Indiana, and found the Republican could have beaten the incumbent; he ultimately decided against running. Now, Rasmussen tests (500 LVs, 1/26, MoE +/- 4.5%) a hypothetical matchup of Sen. Russ Feingold (D) and former Gov. and HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson (R). Again, the Republican has an edge. But will he run? General Election Matchup Thompson 47 Feingold 43 Und 4 Thompson leads among independent voters 53 to 36 percent. President Obama again is somewhat of a drag in Wisconsin: 46 approve of his job performance while 54 percent disapprove. Feingold has a fav/unfav split of 46 / 47, while Thompson is viewed favorably by 56 percent and unfavorably by 39 percent. |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #3 Well, Tommy Thompson was governor for so long (1986-2001), that my mind automatically went to the gov race instead of the Senate race. The current players in the senate race:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin,_2010 You can google the campaign sites from there. |
| Posted by: mom 2010-01-28 15:09 |
| #2 Tommy running? I'll believe it when I actually see it. And I'm not sure how much enthusiasm people can muster for him. Tommy Thompson's administration as governor saw a lot of accounting tricks and deficit spending. Doyle has made things a lot worse; but Tommy wasn't particularly careful with the budget. Tommy invented the "Vanna White" veto, in which he would delete individual letters to make new words. More recently, the state banned the "Frankenstein Veto", in which Tommy, his predecessor Tony Earl, and Doyle had all struck out some words and stitched together odd clauses to make the law read something completely different from what the legislature had passed. If you're interested: Mark Neumann (R) for Governor markforgov.com Scott Walker (R) for Governor http://www.scottwalker.org/ Tom Barrett (D) for Governor http://www.barrettforwisconsin.com/ Tom Barrett is the Mayor of Milwaukee, who took a nasty cut to the hand when coming to the aid of a lady during State Fair last August. The woman was trying to keep her addict ex-son-in-law from snatching the baby. Cops arrested the attacker. The attacker came up for trial and, understandably, is asking for a change of venue! |
| Posted by: mom 2010-01-28 14:58 |
| #1 I wouldn't trust this kind of hypothetical very far. In a real election, the media support for Democrats has to be worth 5 or 6 points at least. Look how well Kerry polled. |
| Posted by: James 2010-01-28 13:43 |