There is a new Rasmussen poll out today with very striking data. It polls hypothetical general election match ups between Democrat Senatorial candidate Kendrick Meek vs Republican Marco Rubio or Charlie Crist. The results are as follows:
Charlie Crist- 46%
Kendrick Meek-34%
Marco Rubio-46%
Kendrick Meek-31%
These results are profound and striking for one simple reason. In light of the current conflict with the RINO GOP establishment in the special election of NY-CD-23, these results must be disseminated to debunk a common misconception. There is a narrative that has been promulgated by the RINO cesspool that the more liberal the Republican candidate, the better chance we will have in the general election. This Florida poll totally disproves this fallacy. Think of it this way. If Rubio is able to poll better than the “supper star”, 100% voter ID, popular, incumbent Gov. Charlie Crist, then there are few places in which a moderate will definitely be more electable. Certainly, in NY-23 where we have a radical leftist who is virtually unknown to most voters and is unhinged, the conservative stands a better chance of winning. The fact of the matter is that if Scozzafava would drop out, Doug Hoffman would crush the Dem.
Update: Nevada Senate Election
There is a new poll out in the Nevada Senate race polling a hypothetical match up with Dingy Harry and Sue Lowden or Danny Tarkanian. The results are:
Tarkanian- 46%
Reid- 41%Lowden- 47%
Reid-42%
Now I am not accusing Lowden of being a RINO in the likes of Scozzafava or Crist. However, it is clear that Lowden is the more establishment candidate who might be conservative on some issues but will not be down for the struggle as a movement conservative. Tarkanian on the other hand, is a tea party activist and passionate conservative. The numbers say it all. Tarkanian, who has never been elected to public office before is polling just as strong as the state Republican Chairman.
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Somethinge that makes this even more devastating
scarlos (Diary) Wednesday, October 21st at 9:46PM EST (link)Crist’s lead has dropped considerably since he announced his intent, going from a 21-point lead to a 19-point lead to now a 12-point lead.
Rubio on the other hand, went from a 13-point lead to a 15-point lead over the last 3 months.
In other words, Rubio is gaining ground against the Democrats while Crist is losing it. His primary numbers are also likely to increase over the next few months (he has 50% don’t knows from his favorability rating among likely Republican Primary voters).
All of this screams that Crist is much weaker than he appears to be. Let’s keep up the pressure.
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Lowden vs Tarkanian
redtillimdead (Diary) Wednesday, October 21st at 9:49PM EST (link)That is true. She is more of the establishment candidate. Tarkanian has met with John Cornyn and the NRSC, does that make him a horrible person that we can’t support? I don’t think that is an effective judgement on a canididates Conservatism. Danny has only raised 200k in the 3rd quarter, and he can’t be competitive with Reid like that. Lets see what Lowden does before dismissing her just because she mat with the NRSC, which Tarkanian did too.
Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.
Lowden
Daniel Horowitz (Diary) Wednesday, October 21st at 9:54PM EST (link)I’m absolutely not comparing Lowden with the other clowns. I just think that if you look at their rhetoric, campaign websites, etc. you will find that Tarkanian is the more unconventional, tea party/grassroots candidate while Lowden is the party Chair and former state senator. I’m not saying these are bad things. I’m just pointing out that despite Tarkanian having more of the outside track he is doing just as well.
Oh good frigging grief
zbigreddogz (Diary) Wednesday, October 21st at 10:32PM EST (link)Is what Tarkanian is, is someone who’s entire political experience is losing twice, once by about 60/40 statewide, for political office and never having to vote on something, build serious coalitions, raise money for anybody but himself, or do much of anything but spout off on issues.
I’m not saying he’s a bad guy, I’m not saying I wouldn’t vote for him if he got the nod, but you’re basically falling into the Obama trap of writing into someone what you want to see because they have no experience. Lowden isn’t the greatest candidate either, but at least she’s got significant political experience that doesn’t involve merely getting her a$$ kicked. She’s won races for the State Assembly and served as party chair when the R’s kept a Senate Seat, a House Seat that was trending D, and the Governor’s mansion. That’s a lot more then Tarkanian just spouting off and losing by wide margins.
I’m really, really tired of bashing supposedly bashing the “establishment” candidate because of some unnamable, amorphous “establishment” people are mad at.
“At the top there are no easy choices. All are between evils, the consequences of which are hard to judge.” – Dean Acheson