Astounding poll:
Businessman Ron Johnson, endorsed at last weekend’s state Republican Convention, is now running virtually even against incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold in Wisconsin’s race for the U.S. Senate.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Wisconsin shows Feingold with 46% support to Johnson’s 44%. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) remain undecided.
For someone as big a wheel as Feingold to be essentially tied with 5 months to go is big news. This is a very clear indicator of the overall weakness of the Democrat brand – not yet an indicator of GOP strength.
Democrats were taking seats like Feingold’s for granted – he was expected to cruise to easy victory in a moderately blue State. Now Democrats will have to pour it on – and still may come up short. This means, in turn, that Democrat challengers and weaker incumbents will have must less resources thus allowing the GOP even more chances to score victories.
How it will all come out in November remains to be seen, but so far its a good year to be a Republican.
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