Latest poll shows Curt "The Screamer" Weldon in a dead heat with Sestak

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http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/counties/montgomery_county/15643896.htm

U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon may yet vanquish his first serious opponent since 1989, but the war in Iraq has the Delaware County Republican reeling, according to a Keystone Poll released yesterday.

The 7th Congressional District race is a statistical dead heat, with 44 percent of registered voters favoring challenger Joe Sestak, a retired Navy admiral, and 43 percent backing Weldon, according to the poll results. For a 10-term incumbent to be fighting for his political life is surprising enough, but the poll's other numbers paint an even grimmer picture.

Sestak edged ahead even though only half of the respondents said they knew who he is. Asked if Weldon deserved reelection, 49 percent answered that it was "time for change."

"It is a classic example of voters wanting to throw out the incumbent and not caring who it is" they elect, said Mike Young, a Hershey pollster.

The poll found that 24 percent of registered Republicans say they will abandon Weldon. Cross-over voting "is an indication of a campaign in trouble," Young said.

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That sounds good when you consider that many obviously don't know him. I guess that he, like many other Dems with good chances, doesn't have enough money, though. With a little more money, he should really do fine.

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2. here's hoping sestak pulls it out ahead of weldon

at the finish line.

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3. Why is this race even close?

A raving nutcase who attends the crowning of Moon as a King of God in a Senate Conference Room...or a decorated admiral who had battlegroup command. If people are so worried about their security, Joe ought to have a triple didgit lead on this clown.