Survey USA: June Senator Approvals

[Adlai Stevenson]

New June numbers in bold, 5/24/07 numbers in italics, 4/24/07 in brackets, 11/22/06 in parenthesis

Republicans:
Norm Coleman: 48-41 51-42 [53-41] (48-43)
John Cornyn: 42-43 46-40 [43-40] (45-42)
Pete Domenici: 51-42 52-42 [54-38] (68-25)
Mitch McConnell: 52-42 54-39 [53-40] (54-39)
Pat Roberts: 51-37 52-36 [48-39] (51-36)
Jeff Sessions: 59-33 60-31 [54-36] (58-32)
Gordon Smith: 47-45 48-39 [51-41] (54-37)
John Warner: 53-34 62-29 [55-33] (60-28)

Democrats:
Tom Harkin: 51-38 56-36 [57-38] (53-40)
John Kerry: 50-46 47-47 [54-41] (48-50)

Observations:
1) On the Democratic side, Kerry continues to float around 50% and I continue to hope that Republicans will actually drop some dough in vain in Massachusetts. Harkin drops back to the low-50's, which could embolden GOP Rep. Tom Latham to take a shot at a Senate race, which some argue could be a good thing for Democrats.

2) McConnell, Roberts, and Domenici continue to be happy to be a hair over 50% and even Warner has come back down to the low-50's.

3) Coleman and Smith are under 50% and Cornyn's numbers are in the gutter.

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[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Can we finally put this silly idea of a Kerry primary challenge to rest? He even has a general net approval rating now.

[Adlai Stevenson]

Can we finally put this silly idea of a Kerry primary challenge to rest? He even has a general net approval rating now.

We probably can now - I was one of the people talking about it a few months ago and I agree its not going to happen now. 

[Keystone Phil]

Cornyn is in desperate need of a primary challenge.

[Smash255]

Cornyn is in desperate need of a primary challenge.

Cornyn's numbers have been low for quite some time.  he is a hard core conservative from a very conservative state and to my knowledge hasn't been involved in any real scandal, hard to understand why his numbers are so poor.

[Verily]

Cornyn is in desperate need of a primary challenge.

Cornyn's numbers have been low for quite some time.  he is a hard core conservative from a very conservative state and to my knowledge hasn't been involved in any real scandal, hard to understand why his numbers are so poor.

I think he's just not very good at selling his brand. Ideologically, he's really not significantly different from Kay Bailey Hutchison.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Observations:
1) On the Democratic side, Kerry continues to float around 50% and I continue to hope that Republicans will actually drop some dough in vain in Massachusetts.

Huh?  The GOP does not currently have -- and will not have by this time next year -- a credible challenger for that seat.  There is no chance in hell that Republicans would invest money in Massachusetts regardless, so whomever is holding on to such a fantasy had best let it go.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yes. There is going to be no notable race in Massachusetts. I have no clue how anyone got that idea.

Kerry is not going to get a serious primary challenger. The Republicans aren't going to run a serious candidate. Kerry is going to waltz to victory. No other scenario is viable.

[Adlai Stevenson]

Yes. There is going to be no notable race in Massachusetts. I have no clue how anyone got that idea.

Kerry is not going to get a serious primary challenger. The Republicans aren't going to run a serious candidate. Kerry is going to waltz to victory. No other scenario is viable.

Jerome Corsi is running against Kerry.  I predict that Kerry will do better than his 2004 Presidential performance in Massachusetts, but worse than his 2002 Senate showing or Ted Kennedy's last year.  My prediction:

MASSACHUSETTS SENATE
Kerry (D) 62%
Corsi (R) 33%

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Yes. There is going to be no notable race in Massachusetts. I have no clue how anyone got that idea.

Kerry is not going to get a serious primary challenger. The Republicans aren't going to run a serious candidate. Kerry is going to waltz to victory. No other scenario is viable.

Jerome Corsi is running against Kerry.  I predict that Kerry will do better than his 2004 Presidential performance in Massachusetts, but worse than his 2002 Senate showing or Ted Kennedy's last year.  My prediction:

MASSACHUSETTS SENATE
Kerry (D) 62%
Corsi (R) 33%

I'm sure the news will break your heart, but Corsi said earlier this year that he will not be a candidate for U.S. Senate in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  The GOP is back to square one: no candidate.

[Jaggerjack]

Yes. There is going to be no notable race in Massachusetts. I have no clue how anyone got that idea.

Kerry is not going to get a serious primary challenger. The Republicans aren't going to run a serious candidate. Kerry is going to waltz to victory. No other scenario is viable.

Jerome Corsi is running against Kerry.  I predict that Kerry will do better than his 2004 Presidential performance in Massachusetts, but worse than his 2002 Senate showing or Ted Kennedy's last year.  My prediction:

MASSACHUSETTS SENATE
Kerry (D) 62%
Corsi (R) 33%

I'm sure the news will break your heart, but Corsi said earlier this year that he will not be a candidate for U.S. Senate in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  The GOP is back to square one: no candidate.

And even if he did run, he'd get chiseled. He'd be running as a conservative in an ocean blue state.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Even with Corsi did run, the GOP wouldn't be stupid enough to think someone in bed with those Swift Boat Liars would be able to win a Senate seat in Massachusetts regardless of his opponent's approval ratings. I mean, they've done some stupid things before, but nothing that stupid (though I suppose thinking Mark Kennedy could actually win a Senate seat in MN comes close)

[HardRCafé]

Huh?  The GOP does not currently have -- and will not have by this time next year -- a credible challenger for that seat.  There is no chance in hell that Republicans would invest money in Massachusetts regardless, so whomever is holding on to such a fantasy had best let it go.

Someone (with a green avatar) has not heard of Joel Mahoney!