Capito Will Not Run for Senate
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 21st, 2010 4:43 am by HL
Capito Will Not Run for Senate
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) has decided she will not run to replace the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), three sources familiar with her plans told The Fix.
Capito was the favorite on the Republican side, and state legislators gained a concession in a special-election bill passed earlier this week that would have allowed her to run for both reelection and in the Senate race at the same time.
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) announced yesterday that he’ll be a candidate for the Democratic nomination.
Quote of the Day
“It’s almost mathematically impossible to win a race with seven candidates involved, and I was humbled and overwhelmed by it.”
— Former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes (D), quoted by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, on receiving 66% of the vote in Democratic gubernatorial primary to avoid a runoff. He’ll face either Karen Handel (R) or Nathan Deal (R) in the general election.
Obama Approval Drops to Lowest Point
A new Quinnipiac poll finds President Obama’s job approval rating has dropped to 44%, his worst net score ever, and American voters say by a narrow 39% to 36% that they would vote for an unnamed Republican rather than Obama in 2012.
By a 48% to 40% margin, Americans say Obama does not deserve reelection in 2012.
Said pollster Peter Brown: “It was a year ago, during the summer of 2009 that America’s love affair with President Obama began to wane. In July of 2009, the President had a 57% to 33% approval rating. Today, his support among Democrats remains strong, but the disillusionment among independent voters, who dropped from 52% to 37% approval to 52% to 38% disapproval in the last 12 months, is what leads to his weakness overall when voters start thinking about 2012.”
Perriello Way Behind Challenger in Re-Election Bid
A new SurveyUSA poll in Virginia’s 5th congressional district shows Robert Hurt (R) beating Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) by a huge margin, 58% to 35%.
Perriello barely beat 6-term Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) in 2008 and now trails among most demographic groups.
