Rasmussen finally polls the RI Senate Race......

[TheresNoMoney]

and it looks like Chafee will be vulnerable even if he does win his primary:

Chafee  47%
Brown   40%

Chafee          50%
Whitehouse  38%

If Laffey wins the primary, either Democrat would beat him easily:

Brown     54%
Laffey     30%

Whitehouse   55%
Laffey           30%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/January%202006/Rhode%20Island%20Senate%20January.htm

The past Brown U. poll had Brown just 2% behind Chafee and this one has him only 7% behind Chafee. Brown is still not very well known, so he still has a lot of upside. Whitehouse is better known and does not look that promising in a race against Chafee.

[nini2287]

Did they poll the primaries at all?

[TheresNoMoney]

Unfortunately, no.

[Gustaf]

An incumbent hovering around 50% is likely to pull through. I'm beginning to drift back towards my original view that Chafee isn't all that vulnerable.

[A18]

An incumbent hovering around 50% is likely to pull through. I'm beginning to drift back towards my original view that Chafee isn't all that vulnerable.

He's vulnerable in the primary, at the very least.

[TheresNoMoney]

He looks vulnerable to me, especially against Brown.

[Smash255]

Did they poll the primaries at all?

Not an easy thing to do, especially with Rasmussen's 500-600 sample sizes, especially considering that only 16% of Rhode Islanders are registered as Republican

[Ben.]

I still don’t buy that Chafee will lose, though his fundraising remains pretty poor and that combined with the primary will potentially be a problem.