Poll shows Allen with slight lead in Senate race

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http://timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149191309076

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U.S. Sen. George Allen, R-Va., may have opened a slight lead over Democrat Jim Webb, but the race that could help decide control of the Senate remains tight. The latest Times-Dispatch Poll shows Allen ahead of Webb by 4 percentage points, a statistically insignificant edge that matches the survey's margin of error.

Poll respondents favored Allen 47 percent to Webb's 43 percent. Independent Green Party candidate Glenda Gail Parker was supported by 2 percent, and 8 percent of respondents were undecided. Allen and Webb were in a dead heat -- 43 percent each -- in a late September snapshot of the race.

The most recent poll suggests that Allen has stanched damage from high-profile embarrassments, including allegations of racial and ethnic insensitivity, but he is still handicapped by the unpopularity of President Bush and the war in Iraq.

"Allen is in slightly better shape than he was a few weeks ago; however, his re-election is hardly guaranteed," said J. Bradford Coker of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., which conducted the poll for The Times-Dispatch and other news organizations.

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[LetsThink]

1. Yeah--Allen Campaign Signs on Catholic Church Proprety......

A friend told me she had seen a whole bunch of Allen campaign signs on the property of a Catholic church..... Is this OK?

[Joe_VB]

2. No its not...

[LetsThink]

3. Send a photo to ..........?

........the ACLU, if I can find the spot ?

Have to start carrying my camera - good for spontaneous shots of the child - to e-mail grandparents, cousins, etc..

[LetsThink]

4. ...went looking.....

--- but, couldn't find the spot. Or, signs had been removed....? Could just have been some kids who didn't know, I suppose.