Paladino Within Striking Distance of Cuomo
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 22nd, 2010 4:39 am by HL
Paladino Within Striking Distance of Cuomo
A new Quinnipiac poll in New York finds Andrew Cuomo (D) leading Carl Paladino (R) by just six points among likely voters in the race for governor, 49% to 43%.
Said pollster Maurice Carroll: “The question was whether Carl Paladino would get a bounce from his big Republican primary victory. The answer is yes. He’s within shouting distance and — you can count on it — he will be shouting. Andrew Cuomo might be a victim of his own excess. Politicians and polls have depicted him so relentlessly as a sure thing that he might be a victim of the ‘throw the bums out’ attitude that hits incumbents in this angry year.”
Palin Looks Like a Candidate in New Video
Sarah Palin’s political action committee released a video “that makes it hard not to believe that she is making a 2012 run for the American presidency, or least seriously testing the waters wrapped in the Tea Party flag,” CBS News reports.
“The video is a highly produced campaign ad for the Tea Party movement. The one minute, 20 second video shows images of Palin giving speeches to large crowds, proclaiming that the Tea Party is ‘the future of politics,’ with ‘real people, not politicos’ speaking out for ‘common sense conservative principles.'”
“The video leaves no doubt as to who is the leader of the Tea Party and the person trying to remake the Republican party as well.”
Toomey Keeps Lead in Pennsylvania
A new Quinnipiac poll in Pennsylvania shows Pat Toomey (R) now leads Rep. Joe Sestak (D) by seven points among likely voters in the race for U.S. Senate, 50% to 43%.
Said pollster Peter Brown: “Toomey’s lead among independents is why he is ahead. With only 7% of the likely voters undecided and another 14% who are for a candidate saying they might change their mind, the battle for the Senate seat appears likely to come down to a relatively small number of voters and in the final weeks expect the campaigns to target their messages for those undecided and softly committed voters.”
