Quinnipiac Poll: Blumenthal Extends Lead Over McMahon To 11 Points In CT-SEN

[Joanne98]

The new Quinnipiac poll of the Connecticut Senate race shows Democratic state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal pulling away from Republican former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon.

The numbers: Blumenthal 54%, McMahon 43%. The survey of likely voters has a ±2.9% margin of error. In the previous Quinnipiac poll from three weeks ago, Blumenthal had a much narrower lead of only 49%-46%.

From the pollster's analysis: "After Linda McMahon had climbed to within 3 points of Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, he has stopped her momentum and increased his lead by 8 points in two weeks. While September wasn't very good for Blumenthal, perhaps like Reggie Jackson, he could be called 'Mr. October.'"

The TPM Poll Average gives Blumenthal a lead of 51.6%-43.3%.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/10/quinnipiac-poll-blumenthal-extends-lead-over-mcmahon-to-11-points-in-ct-sen.php?ref=fpa

[craigmatic]

1. Hell yeah that's something I can drink to.

[CTyankee]

2. story in the NYT today about all of her advertising...seems that it's turning people OFF, esp. women

So she spends $50m on her campaign and all she's gonna get is one of her lousy T shirts!

[Kdillard]

3. Lol.

[Thrill]

4. Tweety probably feels like shit right now

:)

[CTyankee]

5. I'd like to slap the sh*t out of that guy!

He said Blumenthal "talked at length" about his Vietnam experience and that is a LIE!

Blumenthal misspoke for whatever reason, but I suspect it was psychological...a way of slipping over the boundary of feeling for the guys and feeling as if he were one of them. It's easy to do in the emotion of the moment. The fact is he made slips during times when he spoke to vets, very movingly, about their sacrifices. And all the time working for them...getting them the benefits they deserved when they were denied.

I cannot forgive Matthews deliberate smearing of this good man. He ought to be ashamed of himself...