Poll: McCaskill Has 15-Point Lead Over Akin In Missouri Senate Race

[highplainsdem]

Source: TPM

Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill is closing with a big lead, according to a new poll from SurveyUSA and commissioned by four in-state TV stations. McCaskill gets 51 percent of the total, GOP Rep. Todd Akin gets 36 percent, and Libertarian candidate Jonathan Dine sees 8 percent. The same poll shows Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney winning by 7 points, 50 percent to President Obama's 43 percent.

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[Hardsheller]

1. WOW!

Get out the champagne.

[kstewart33]

2. Wow. The lead is too high to believe.

She's led by 2 - 4 points for many days. But still great news that Akins is not close.

[NoOtherMedicineNovel]

6. Yessss!!! Hopefully her lead is not skewered. Go Claire!

[glacierbay]

9. It is skewered

Only one poll is showing a 15 point lead, the rest are showing a 2-6 point lead. I still believe she's going to win, but not by 15 points.

[Happyhippychick]

3. I guess voters have a way of "taking care of that"

[BlueCaliDem]

4. Akins is even too nutz for Missouri, but they like the level of Romney craziness.

WTF is wrong with Missouri??

[glacierbay]

8. Don't blame me.

I only live and work here.

[heaven05]

13. Oh yeah

Missouri has/will 'show me'. What I always have known. I was stationed there in 1967. Evil, wickedly racist.

[glacierbay]

14. Back in 67, yeah

now, not so much. Except for 6 years in the Army, I've lived here my whole life, it's changed considerably.

[heaven05]

17. not enough

to not have voted akins in?

[glacierbay]

18. What can I say

at least I never voted for him and it looks like we're going to send him packing, hopefully to never see him raise his ugly head again.

[heaven05]

20. we

can only hope.

[catbyte]

5. I guess Akin's "message from God" urging him to run was a bit garbled.

I wonder what he will say on Wednesday after his humiliating defeat after God told him to run and all...Moran.

Mom to Taz, Nigel, and baby sister Sammy, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”

[glacierbay]

7. I don't think thats correct

I live here in MO. and it's going to be down to the wire, that's why, when not at work, I'm still canvassing and phone banking.
The only poll showing McCaskill up by 15 is the SurveyUSA poll, the rest have her up by 2-6 points.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/senate/mo/missouri_senate_akin_vs_mccaskill-2079.html

Regardless, we'll know Tues. night.

[CRK7376]

10. Fantastic!

Hope the state I was born in stays the course and gets rid of Akin.

[glacierbay]

11. Oh we'll stay the course

and keep Claire, but not by 15 points.
What part of the state were you born in?
I was born in St. Jo but we moved to Fenton when I was about 10.
Still live here.

[codjh9]

12. Akins-Walsh-Mourdock School of Biological Ignorance & Arrogance

[onecent]

15. Yessssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I live in Missouri...I wish Missouri wasn't a red state...IDIOTS...BUT AT
least someone got the memo about that moran Akin...There is a God...

[Thinkingabout]

16. Now will a strong republican stand up and stop the bleeding?

[ExVAguy]

19. They had their chance.

They tried to get Akin to quit and he dug his heels in harder. They are stuck with him now.