Posted on 05/16/2008 5:11:53 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Before March, the Unites States Senate election in Kansas was a shoe-in for Republican incumbent Pat Roberts. At that point there was no viable Democratic candidate in the race and the state has not elected a Democratic senator since 1932. However, the decision by Democratic Congressmen Jim Slattery to run for office has made the race potentially more interesting.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Kansas voters found Roberts leading Slattery 52% to 40%.
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This is SO not a good sign. The race shouldn’t even be on the map. And remember, Slattery hasn’t won an election since 1992, but has plenty of wealth to draw upon.
And it won't be. Roberts will win running away and will take at least 60% of the vote. You heard it here first.
Taking people for granted is a good way of becoming unemployed. I hope the good Senator remembers that lesson.
I’m not concerned in the least. Although let’s not forget Roberts is no youngster (indeed, at 72, he’s now the oldest KS Senator to seek reelection since seatmate septuagenarians Arthur Capper in 1942 (77) and Clyde Reed in 1944 (73) — both their Dem challengers received 40 and 41% of the vote, respectively), I really don’t see Slattery going much above the low 40s or perhaps high 30s. Slattery is the first “name” candidate to run as a Dem for the Senate since State Treasurer Sally Thompson in 1996, when Roberts clobbered her.
What? Why is this bad? The Republican is up by 12 points or am I misreading the poll?
The races we lost recently, the polls showed the Democrats running even or ahead. I don’t think we have to panic yet about races where the polls show us ahead by double digits!
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