McCain Popular in Colorado
For the Democrats to win the White House, they will have to pick off two or three States President Bush won in 2004 - without, of course, losing any of the States Kerry won. One State the Democrats have high hopes for is Colorado, which has been one of the most Democrat-friendly Mountain-West States in recent years - unfortunately, things are not going too well for their prospective presidential candidates at this point, from Politico:
Brent Seaborn, late of the Giuliani campaign and now back at his consulting gig, sends over some up-ballot numbers his firm, TargetPoint, took for a third-party effort out in the Colorado Senate race.
Per their polling, McCain would defeat Hillary in Colorado 52-40 and beat Obama 51-39.
It’s one mere poll in April, but given the state’s blue-ward tilt in recent years and the hopes many Dems (especially Obama backers) have to pick it off, the numbers underscore the need for the Dems to not just come together but to also chip away at McCain’s image.
(It was taken from 604 likely general election voters the first week in April)
As the report notes, this is an April poll - and I advise strongly against reading too much into it…but, still, its gotta worry Democratic leaders to see polls like this in a year when they thought they were going to cake-walk into the White House.
Memo to Democrats: You’ve got a fight on your hands; we GOPers concede nothing.
13 comments April 17th, 2008
