Whitehouse opens big lead over Chafee in RI Senate race

[grizmaster]

Looks like all the national GOP campaigning for Chafee has turned off a lot of people in this bluest of all states.


The Rasmussen report has added three Senate races from the toss up to lean-dem too.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/BalanceofPower.htm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/20060918/pl_rasmussen/rhodeislandsenate20060918

The GOP establishment forcefully backed Republican Lincoln Chafee in the primary over a more conservative and arguably less-electable Republican. But, perhaps damaged by having to struggle so long for the nomination, it is not clear how electable Senator Chafee remains. The incumbent now lags his Democratic challenger 43% to 51%.

This is the fourth Rasmussen Reports election poll in row showing former Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse with the lead-and the lead is growing. Our last pre-primary poll found the challenger clinging to a narrow two-point lead. Before that, Whitehouse led by six. In July he was ahead by five.