Bennett Could Be in Trouble
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 26th, 2010 4:38 am by HL
Bennett Could Be in Trouble
Sen. Bob Bennett’s (R-UT) re-election bid “could be in serious trouble, based on reports of widespread opposition to the incumbent at Tuesday’s Republican caucuses,” the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
“Over the next six weeks, Bennett and his challengers will fan out to solidify support from the newly elected crop of 3,500 delegates. Bennett would need to get support from 60 percent of the field to avoid a June primary and more than 40 percent to avoid being bounced at convention.”
The New York Times notes Bennett’s own polling shows him in third place, trailing “Anybody-but-Bennett and Undecided.”
Obama Tied with Unnamed Challenger
A new CNN/Opinion Research poll indicates that if the 2012 presidential election were held today, President Obama would receive the support of 47% of registered voters while an equal amount would back an unnamed Republican challenger.
Said pollster Keating Holland: “That may sound like a bad position to start from, but note that Bill Clinton was down 15 points to an unnamed Republican in March of 1994, and wound up winning the election two years later.”
