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Dan Mongiardo Narrows Jim Bunning's Lead For Senate In KY
Survey USA ^ | October 7, 2004

Posted on 10/14/2004 4:37:09 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

Poll shows Bunning lead at 51% to 40%

(Excerpt) Read more at surveyusa.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: danmongiardo; jimbunning; kentucky; polls; senate2004; susa
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1 posted on 10/14/2004 4:37:09 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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To: Clintonfatigued

DU'ers are beginning to float the rumor that Bunning
has progressive dementia and will have to leave the race.


2 posted on 10/14/2004 4:40:08 PM PDT by dwilli
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To: Clintonfatigued

The DNC is throwing millions at Mongardio in an attempt to unseat Senator Bunning.

I say we let them believe they have a chance to win the race in Kentucky so that they can't spend as much in Oklahoma, Colorado, Florida, and North Carolina.


3 posted on 10/14/2004 4:40:21 PM PDT by okstate (I'm John Kerry, and I approved this message... before I decided against it.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Nearly a tie. Hide the kids.


4 posted on 10/14/2004 4:45:16 PM PDT by Elvis van Foster
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To: okstate; Clintonfatigued

"The DNC is throwing millions at Mongardio in an attempt to unseat Senator Bunning.

I say we let them believe they have a chance to win the race in Kentucky so that they can't spend as much in Oklahoma, Colorado, Florida, and North Carolina."



I agree. It would also help us in the three competitive House races in KY, since Democrats Miller, Clooney and Chandler would have to compete with Mongardio for scarce Kentucky Democrat dollars.


5 posted on 10/14/2004 4:45:43 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: dwilli
DU'ers are beginning to float the rumor that Bunning has progressive dementia and will have to leave the race.

So what! It hasn’t hurt Teddy’s Senate career.

6 posted on 10/14/2004 4:46:30 PM PDT by Screaming Eagle Red Leg
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To: Kuksool; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; zbigreddogz; Dan from Michigan; MplsSteve; ...

I know this poll is not immediate, but I live on the KY border, and Bunning has been damaged by gaffes and bad press. The DSCC is spending money there now.

Also, a Hart-Garin poll shows Bunning's lead at only 43% to 37%, but I'm skeptical the gap has closed that much.


7 posted on 10/14/2004 4:46:34 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
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To: dwilli

Not that I know of. He was dropping of campaign signs and such the other day, and gave a speech at the Republican rally in Campbellsville last Saturday. His debate with the good Dr. was taped for broadcast, because Bunning was doing it from Washington. He's getting around quite well, and he's staying quite busy.

Here's a telling sign regarding Kerry. We just had a festival, and Kerry's people had a booth handing out stickers and signs. Within a couple of blocks of that booth, about 10 people have Mongiardo signs in their yard, but only 2 of those same people also have Kerry signs.


8 posted on 10/14/2004 4:48:36 PM PDT by TheLurkerX (Disenfranchised in a Presidential election? Call Kerry & Edwards, Liberals at Law.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I was told that the Taylor County area at least is still holding at about 61 percent Republican.


9 posted on 10/14/2004 4:50:34 PM PDT by TheLurkerX (Disenfranchised in a Presidential election? Call Kerry & Edwards, Liberals at Law.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Seems like there is a whisper campaign out against him.


10 posted on 10/14/2004 4:52:19 PM PDT by ambrose (http://www.swiftvets.com)
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To: Clintonfatigued

They are absolutely out of their mind if they think they can win this race. I hope they spend $20 million trying though.


11 posted on 10/14/2004 4:59:08 PM PDT by zbigreddogz
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To: Clintonfatigued; AuH2ORepublican; JohnnyZ; Kuksool

Mongiardo is a very slick and sleazy individual (remember, he was the same arrogant jerk who technically held 2 Senate seats in different parts of the state -- at the SAME time !) and will do anything at his disposal to depose Jim Bunning.


12 posted on 10/14/2004 5:09:29 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (*This Just In ~ Dan Rather's Penis Is A Forgery, Film At 11*)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Go #14. We still remember you in Detroit.


13 posted on 10/14/2004 5:31:31 PM PDT by DJ Frisat (Hand me the duct tape before my head explodes...)
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To: dwilli

It started with the Mongiardo campaign, not DU.

Mongiardo's people have been following Bunning around with TV cameras everywhere he goes from the time he gets up in the morning, in an effort to agitate him and get it caught on camera for use to spin it as him being senile.

They also have operatives attacking Bunning in all the little local newspapers in the letter to the editor pages, many of them not being from people actually living in the area of circulation.


14 posted on 10/14/2004 5:38:51 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: ambrose

They are spreading rumors he has Alzheimers.


15 posted on 10/14/2004 5:40:05 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: fieldmarshaldj

He said it was legal and was going to go forward with it for two years...but he ultimately decided it would be too much to handle (actually the Senate President said he would refuse to swear Mongiardo in that prompted him to cut it out).


16 posted on 10/14/2004 5:41:10 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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I live here in KY. Bunning will win, and it won't be close. I do think Bunning has made some mistakes the last few weeks. That is why the polls have closed. Bunning wouldn't debate him. Then agreed to, then ended up doing some kind of remote debate.

Bush wins big here too. KY has almost always been a R state nationally. But now we are even going R in the gov and house/senate. And the dems and MSM here are kicking and screaming at eveything. They spent 50 years getting us in a big mess, and won't give the new repub govenor 5 months to clean it up. Don't worry about Bush or Bunning. Worry about Ohio or the senate race in Alaska. Nothing to fear here in KY.

17 posted on 10/14/2004 5:50:41 PM PDT by gswilder
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To: gswilder

Yes, I know.

I'm focusing on State House races myself.


18 posted on 10/14/2004 6:00:21 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: gswilder
Here's the rumor: Bunning has dementia, and if he wins, he will resign and Fletcher will appoint himself to the Senate seat.

I work in Frankfort. My sense is that Mongiardo really could pull this off. Then again, I'm seeing 3 or 4 Kerry signs/bumber stickers for every Bush in my travels around Frankfort-Louisville-Lexington, yet Bush is up double digits in the polls. Very strange.

19 posted on 10/14/2004 6:02:25 PM PDT by stinkypew
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This poll is old, before a huge barrage of negative press last week. I'm a bit worried about this one now myself.


20 posted on 10/14/2004 6:04:51 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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