MO-PPP: McCaskill (D) in trouble, Republicans want Talent as their candidate

[Tender Branson]

If the candidates for Senate in 2012 were Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Jim Talent, who would you vote for?

Jim Talent ....................................................... 47%
Claire McCaskill .............................................. 45%

If the candidates for Senate in 2012 were Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Peter Kinder, who would you vote for?

Peter Kinder.................................................... 46%
Claire McCaskill .............................................. 44%

If the candidates for Senate in 2012 were Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Sarah Steelman, who would you vote for?

Claire McCaskill .............................................. 45%
Sarah Steelman .............................................. 44%

Between Peter Kinder, Sarah Steelman, and Jim Talent who would you most like to see as the Republican Senate candidate in 2012?

Jim Talent ....................................................... 53%
Peter Kinder.................................................... 26%
Sarah Steelman .............................................. 17%
Not sure .......................................................... 4%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_MO_1201925.pdf
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_MO_1206.pdf

[redcommander]

Rubio, Haley, and Paul didn't poll highly originally either. As far as I see it, Sarah Steelman is one of the best candidates the Tea Party could get behind. She is qualified, doesn't come off as a lunatic, fought the Republican establishment in her state, and has solid fiscal conservative credentials. She hopefully will be leading Talent by the time the primary comes around. Missouri is a case like Florida where a Tea Party candidate could actually be better than the establishment choice.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Rubio, Haley, and Paul didn't poll highly originally either. As far as I see it, Sarah Steelman is one of the best candidates the Tea Party could get behind. She is qualified, doesn't come off as a lunatic, fought the Republican establishment in her state, and has solid fiscal conservative credentials. She hopefully will be leading Talent by the time the primary comes around. Missouri is a case like Florida where a Tea Party candidate could actually be better than the establishment choice.

Its possible. We won't know for quite some time. She sure did give Hulshof a run for his money in the 2008 primary for Governor.

[tmthforu94]

I'd like for Steelman to get the nomination, and I'm not even associated with the Tea Party. She seems to carry herself pretty well, and could certainly unseat McCaskill.