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The Republicans poll; Democrats plead [WV US Senate]
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| Contributor | Tony82 |
| Last Edited | Tony82 Apr 17, 2005 10:39am |
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| News Date | Thursday, April 14, 2005 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | West Virginians know why Democrats brought in Barack Obama to raise money for Bob Byrd's bid for a ninth term.
Byrd is acting scared.
He is a legend. He never won a Senate race by less than 30 points. West Virginians put him right up there with Sears and Carter's liver pills. ...
... The National Republican Senatorial Committee did a telephone poll of 500 likely voters on March 15-16 and found Republican Congresswoman Shelley Capito is within 10 points of Byrd.
Byrd was ahead 52 percent to 42. The margin of error is 4.3 percent, meaning that in 19 out of 20 cases, the numbers for the two would fall between 48 and 56 for Byrd and 38 and 46 for Capito.
The days of the 30-point wins may have passed.
Now that is one poll, by Republicans no less. Democrats are not releasing their poll results, but their reaction is curious. They sent in a rookie senator to raise money for their longest-serving senator.
Shouldn't that be the other way around? |
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