Poll: In House race, Rob Steele leads John Dingell by 4 points

Detroit Free Press | 10/8/10 | KATHLEEN GRAY

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In House race, Rob Steele leads John Dingell by 4 points

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

As a boy, I would ride by his Outer Drive office and spit on the window before doing my paper route...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

In fact, every time I rode by it...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Maybe it helped...

[true believer forever]

DICK MORRIS BELIEVES... @ www.youtube.com/v/fqAPHn-xqdM?fs=1

Dick Morris believes Rob Steele - AND OTHERS - can win:

My how time flies. John Dingell has been in Congress for 55 years! The all time record for the  House.  And Dad was in the seat for 23 before that!! Now the dynasty could end and voters could  evict the 83 year-old Dingell who, more than any other Congressman, wrote the health care bill.Dr. Rob Steele, a heart doctor, is opposing him and is only seven points behind! But nobody believes Dingell could lose. The truth is that Steele can win.   Help him out.  Rob Steele for Congress.

 

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more little campaign thingees for Dr. Steele at http://www.buddysblog.typepad.com/blog - help yourself.  Please do what you can to help  Dr. Steele get to  DC... I miss W so much.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Dingell has been there longer than I have been alive...

I didn’t even like him when I was a kid.

[true believer forever]

THE DINGELL-PELOSI HEALTH CARE BILL WAS PASSED AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

A PHYSICIAN’S CONCERNS

• The biggest problem he sees is with “waste in the nation’s health care system.”

• Believes health care reform is urgent because of Medicare as “more and more physicians are not participating in Medicare.”

• A big budget concern is the new means of recording and sharing information gathered about patients.

• Keeping electronic records has cost millions of dollars at his multiple-office practice and also has slowed productivity.

• What was written in 2,700 pages should be consolidated to 27 pages, he said.

• Insurance plans will need to meet a certain criteria, which would raise the cost of the new health care.

A recent poll has shown Dr. Steele to be well within striking distance of John Dingell.  With your help we can get the message out to voters and we WILL retire the longest serving member of the House of Representatives.

John Dingell wants you to sit down and shut up... @ www.youtube.com/v/Xqp0eXfpiWU?fs=1

 

IT'S TIME TO RETIRE JOHN DINGELL,  SEND HIM HOME FOR A NICE LONG REST.

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[taildragger]

The Rossman Group’s Release:

Dingell Slightly Trailing Steele

Race within the margin, but “Dean of the House” behind

LANSING, Mich. — In what is perceived as an anti-incumbent year, Congressman John Dingell (D-MI) – the longest-serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives – slightly trails his Republican opponent Rob Steele. A new, independent poll shows 43.8 percent choosing Steele, 39.5 percent Dingell, 11 percent undecided, and the other candidates splitting up the rest.

“With more than 50 years of service in Congress, Dingell may be the poster boy for many dissatisfied voters who are gunning for incumbents this year,” said Kelly Rossman-McKinney, CEO and founder of The Rossman Group which conducted the survey in partnership with Team TelCom. “The ‘Dean of the House’ will be tough to beat, but these numbers show that at this point, even The Dean is not immune to the anger that is brewing with the electorate.”

Dingell and Steele both carry about three quarters of their respective party supporters, but Dingell trails 31.7 percent to fifty percent amongst Independent voters and by nearly 80 points amongst those who consider themselves Tea Party supporters. Steele is ahead 46.7 percent to 37.9 percent amongst voters 65 and older, and the only age group Dingell leads in is the 30-45 category. Men prefer Steele by a 54.4 to 31.6 margin, while women choose Dingell 46.9 to 33.8 percent.

The automated poll, conducted October 4, surveyed 400 likely voters in Michigan’s 15th Congressional District on the contest and has a margin of error of +/- 5.6%. The weekly survey of 400 likely voters statewide on Michigan’s races for Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General was also conducted on October 4th. The results of the questions on statewide races are attached and charts showing the progress over the last several weeks are attached:
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Governor
Rick Snyder – 53%
Virg Bernero – 30.5%
Undecided – 16.5%

Secretary of State
Ruth Johnson – 47%
Jocelyn Benson – 30.8%
Undecided – 22.3%

Attorney General
Bill Schuette – 47%
David Leyton – 29%
Undecided – 24%

Republicans continue to hold considerable leads in all of the statewide races, as has been the case since the weekly polling began over six weeks ago. One trend to monitor in the Governor’s race is that this week’s results are the third in a row where there has been a slight uptick in the number of undecideds and small drop in support for Snyder, however, Bernero does not appear to be benefiting directly from this subtle movement since he remains hovering at 30 percent.

“The flood of ads Democrats have tried to dump into this race to prop up Bernero may be having a tiny effect, but is it enough and is there enough time for them to decide it’s worth staying the course?,” said Rossman-McKinney. “Considering the static nature of the Secretary of State and Attorney General numbers, Democrats will need to pour a lot of resources into these races if they hope to use them as a “firewall” as many observers expect.”

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[petercooper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAUcyfKESts

[Jodi]

O.M.G! Yup, that’s the clip. fgs, Algore is an idiot!

[CPT Clay]

We would love to see your “sleeper” list.

[CPT Clay]

Governor
Rick Snyder – 53%
Virg Bernero – 30.5%

I wonder why dems would poor money into this race?

[Truthsearcher]

That is one of the most encouraging things about this election.

Lost in all the talk about the “wave” or the “tea party tsunami”, is that one of the main reason for the success of many of the local Republican campaigns is the number of high quality candidates that the Republicans have presented to the public in those races. Yes, you have people who are riding the wave, but there are a lot of candidates, like Johnson is WI, Miller in Alaska, etc, who are just super impressive, and it’s not hard to see what they would be doing so well, even without a wave.

It’s really good to see good quality people who aren’t politicians decide to become citizen politicians, and take matter into their own hands. They may yet save this country from the brink.

[randita]

Lost in all the talk about the “wave” or the “tea party tsunami”, is that one of the main reason for the success of many of the local Republican campaigns is the number of high quality candidates that the Republicans have presented to the public in those races.

Excellent point! Taken a step further, consider the Tea Party movement as a candidate development and training program. Leaders are emerging from local Tea Party groups who are fired up and committed to conservative ideals. Those leaders are going to run for local school boards and town councils. Then they will move to mayorships or statewide elective office. There are GOP farm teams springing up all over the country and those teams will result in committed candidates working their way up the ranks.

No political party has the resources to recruit and develop farm team talent. It's happening in the conservative movement all on its own. Democrats have no comparative movement. All they have is 60's style protestors who want to tear down, not build up.

This is why Democrats should fear the Tea Party movement. It's not only the voters, it's the candidate development and training aspect.

[conservativebuckeye]

Has anybody listened to Dingell recently? Nobody could form a better argument for term limits than playing a 90 second clip of this guy. For goodness sake, this guy has been there since Eisenhower was President.

[CPT Clay]

Hey Tony, What is on your sleeper list?

[Clintonfatigued]

Is this really happening?

Michigan ping.

[Impy]

Sweet sassy molassy.

[grellis]

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

[SeattleBruce]

‘Help Steele (no, it’s a different Steele!)’

LOL!

[SeattleBruce]

“Oh, this would be too good if John Dingell went down. Between he and his Dad, they represented that district for something like 75 years. I think 75 years is enough for one family....”

Term limits.