New Poll: North Carolina Senator by Public Policy Polling on 2013-05-20

Summary: D: 49%, R: 40%, U: 11%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

Rogers would start out trailing by 7.

in b4 "franken used felons to steal election"

It looks like he won't need to rely on the felons to win in 2014 though XD

WV: Likely/Safe R
SD: Likely R
AR: Tossup/Tilt R
LA: Tossup
AK: Tossup/Tilt D
NC: Lean D
MT: Tossup if Open/Likely D with Schweitzer
IA: Lean D
MI: Lean D
GA: Lean R

His populist polices were good. FF, apart from the racial integration stuff.

FF. 'Would be a great President.

Option 2. I'm pro-life, but I think this is a bad approach.

Approvals:

Obama: 50/47
Franken: 51/42
Klobuchar: 61/28
Bachmann: 34/60

Matchups:

Franken (D)- 55%
Bachmann (R)- 38%

Franken (D)- 54%
Lewis (R)- 37%

Franken (D)- 51%
McFadden (R)- 36%

Franken (D)- 52%
Ortman (R)- 35%

Franken (D)- 52%
Rosen (R)- 36%

Franken (D)- 51%
Stanek (R)- 36%

Other than Bachmann, the Rs are unknown.

I've only heard about McFadden seriously considering running, so I used his numbers.

New Poll: Minnesota Senator by Public Policy Polling on 2013-05-19

Summary: D: 51%, R: 36%, U: 13%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

Good for Reid. He was trying to do the best thing for the party.

I don't think he likes liberals.

[An example of this would be when Hitler advanced a universal healthcare system already in place.]

Time and time and again it is has been proven as a lie, and fraud designed to HURT the poor. An example of this would be when Hitler advanced a universal healthcare system already in place. It also wouldn't help our budget problems, as in every instance in the world, the universal healthcare is proven to increase the cost of healthcare significantly.

Generally, if you have to invoke Hitler, you're on the losing side of your argument.

I suppose I'm supposed to take all of you as the average, idiotic liberal?

If you want to be taken seriously, there are better ways to get your point across.

[Taxes are nonexistant.]

All citizens are mainline to Evangelical Protestants with a 100% churh attendance rate (I'm not biased at all). Taxes are nonexistant. Unions are heavily discouraged (They have NEVER done anything good, and collective bargaining is not a right). Trade school is the track for 2/3-3/4 of all students.

So I guess you're ideal country wouldn't have luxurious stuff like roads or libraries.

'Sounds pretty neat.

What bugs me the most is that lots of Republican pols act like he was Jesus.

Back in April, Vitter apparently talked Fleming out of the Senate race.

Yep, Dardenne/Vitter should be good:

Don't think it's a done deal that Sen. David Vitter will be Louisiana's next governor; he still has to get through Lieutenant Gov. Jay Dardenne. And Dardenne is making moves to show he's ready for a fight.

Dardenne has been fundraising aggressively since he won reelection in 2011 by a six-point margin. He held 22 fundraising events in 2012 and has another two coming up this month, according to Nungesser. As rumors were flying earlier this year that Dardenne could be a candidate for the Senate, he told Hotline On Call that he was focused on 2015 and had raised $850,000 in 2012 "just looking to the future." Dardenne is hoping to get a head start on the gubernatorial contest in order to "encourage some others who would maybe think about it to maybe not run," Nungesser said.

I've heard of this guy before, but he seems like another second-tier candidate:

Former Ambassador Jim Cain is seriously considering seeking the Republican Senate nomination in North Carolina next year.

“The race is indeed something that I am considering,” Cain told CQ Roll Call in an email from China. “Many friends and supporters around the state are encouraging me to challenge Senator [Kay] Hagan.”

Cain is a former Republican National committeeman and served as ambassador to Denmark during President George W. Bush’s second term.

And Minnesota isn't South Carolina. There are probably much more moderates if we see the independance party's score in the last races!

Good point; Bachmann could well have lost last year if a third party candidate were running.

My friend and I went to go see The Great Gatsby last week and we really loved it; it was really underrated by the critics, IMO.

Going along with my swing map, here is the trend map for the south from 2004 to 2012.



The swing from Kerry 2004 to Obama 2012 was 6.3 points, so the swing map was adjusted to reflect that.

[Executive Election:]

Executive Election:
[ 2 ] Clinton1996/Siren
[ 1 ] ZuWo/Cathcon
[ 3 ] Drj101/Write-in: __________

Legislative Election:
[ 8 ] Odysseus
[ 3 ] Inks.LWC
[ 5 ] HoosierPoliticalJunkie
[ 1 ] MilesC56
[ 7 ] a Person
[ 9 ] LumineVonReuental
[ 4 ] Oldiesfreak1854
[ 10] Shua
[ 2 ] Gass3268
[ 6 ] TNF
[   ] Write-In: __________
[   ] Write-In: __________

It's not a surprise. I have just a question, why have you received this email? Do you live in Georgia?

I get lots of emails from pols out of my state. It's not that hard to get on those lists.

NC-Sen: SPR suggests Berger is leaning against a Senate run. Which leaves Tillis to worry about.

I never thought Berger had much fire in the belly anyway.

Defend LA, a pro-gun group which we've mentioned here before, is out with a poll saying that voters are less likely to support Landrieu because of her vote for Manchin-Toomey. Imagine that. This flies in the face of PPP's recent findings.

According to Defend LA:

Question 3: Senator Mary Landrieu recently voted for gun control legislation that failed to pass the United StatesSenate. Does her support of gun control legislation make you more or less likely to vote for her?
More likely 30%
Less likely 48%
No difference 22%

PPP

Does Mary Landrieu’s vote in support of background checks make you more or less  likely to support her for re-election, or does it  not make a difference?
More likely 44%
Less likely 26%
Doesn't make a difference 29%