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It appears the ethics investigation targeting New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez is hurting his chances to return to Washington. A new WNBC/Marist poll released on Friday shows that, if this were Election Day, Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. would defeat Menendez 42 percent to 37 percent. This is a big change from two polls taken earlier this week, where likely voters were polled, and Menendez was slightly ahead. More than half of those polled in this survey were aware of Menendez's recent troubles. The federal government is investigating his leasing of a building he owned to a non-profit agency who also...

Latest Marist poll shows Clinton a 50% to 28% lead over Pirro, down from 64% to 28% in April.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead over potential Republican opponent Jeanine Pirro has slipped, but still remains hefty, a statewide poll reported Wednesday. The WNBC-Marist College poll, conducted by Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion, had the former first lady leading the Westchester County district attorney, 50 percent to 28 percent. Clinton led Pirro, 64 percent to 28 percent, in an April poll from the Poughkeepsie-based institute. The poll was conducted Tuesday, one day after Pirro announced that she would seek the GOP nomination to challenge Clinton's re-election bid next year. "Some of Hillary's soft support went to undecided," said Marist...

ALBANY — An overnight poll found big movement away from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton just as Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro officially jumped into the race yesterday. The Marist College survey of 400 registered voters — the first to look at the Clinton-Pirro match since Pirro said she is running — showed Clinton's support dropping a dramatic 14 percentage points from the school's last survey in the spring. Her rating went from 64 percent to 50 percent. But Republican Pirro's support — which had been at 28 percent — remained the same. The big movement was to the "undecided" camp,...

A new statewide poll says Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead over potential Republican opponent Jeanine Pirro has slipped but still remains strong. The WNBC-Marist College poll had Clinton leading the Westchester County district attorney 50 percent to 28 percent. Clinton led Pirro 64 percent to 28 percent in an April poll from Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion in Poughkeepsie. The new poll was conducted Tuesday, one day after Pirro announced she would seek the GOP Senate nomination. A majority of New York voters, 56 percent of them, said they didn't know enough about Pirro to form an opinion about...

ALBANY — Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani continues to lead the pack of Republican presidential hopefuls, topping Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, his closest rivals, a new poll yesterday showed.The Marist College national survey found Giuliani running neck-and-neck, 47-46 percent, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the leading choice to be the Democratic nominee, in a hypothetical presidential face-off.

April 28Spiritual Bouquet: All things are possible to him who believes. St. Mark 9:22SAINT PETER CHANELMissionary and Martyr(1803-1841)Born in 1803 in the diocese of Belley in France, Peter was the fifth child of his parents; with his older brothers and sisters he was consecrated to the Blessed Virgin at his birth. They were all pious children who prayed and tried to help one another to serve God ever more faithfully. In 1814 the parish priest, seeing Peter’s good dispositions, arranged for him to study in the town of Cras, and to reside there with his aunt. During the summer the...

Poll: New Yorkers not sure Clinton should run for prez By MARC HUMBERT AP Political Writer April 12, 2005, 2:43 PM EDT ALBANY, N.Y. -- While Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2006 re-election chances look good unless Rudolph Giuliani challenges her New York voters aren't sure she should run for president in 2008, a statewide poll reported Tuesday. On the other hand, a slim majority of New York voters think Giuliani should run for president in 2008, according to the poll from the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion. **SNIP** Fifty-one percent of registered voters polled by Marist said they definitely...

MAJORITY SUPPORTS SENATOR CLINTON’S RE-ELECTION: 51% of New York State’s registered voters say they would definitely vote to re-elect Hillary Clinton to the U.S. Senate in 2006. 31% would definitely vote against her, and 12% want to wait and see who runs against her. 6% are unsure. SENATOR CLINTON’S APPROVAL RATING REMAINS STRONG: 56% of New York State’s registered voters rate the job Hillary Clinton is doing as senator as either excellent or good. In a similar poll conducted in October, her approval rating was 57%, the highest she had received since assuming office. HILLARY CLINTON HANDILY DEFEATS POTENTIAL SENATE...

Giuliani beats her 49% to 47%. 51% say they would definitely vote for her. More people don't want Hillary to run for president than do. Giuliani should reconsider running. for more go here http://www.maristpoll.marist.edu/nyspolls/HC050412.htm

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- President Bush holds a slight lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry among likely voters, a nationwide poll reported Friday. The poll from Marist College's Institute of Public Opinion had Bush leading Kerry, 50 percent to 44 percent, with Ralph Nader at 2 percent. Four percent of likely voters were undecided.

According to Marist poll of likely voters. Kerry has lost 1 point post convention. Now even with Bush. 47-47, funny they show only 1% for Nader. If you average all these polls, Kerry must have an absolute zero bounce now. Has *any* challenger to the presidency won with a zero bounce? I read never. I predict Bush should get at least a solid 4 bounce, at least! I hope for more. But I am confident Bush will do MUCH better then Kerry. The word is getting out on Kerry, the funny thing is, Its Kerry spreading the word! Hail to...

EDITORS: Fellow editors, reserve June 1-2 on your calendars for a free seminar on diversity to be held at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. The board of directors of the New York State Associated Press Association is pleased to announce this year's spring seminar, "Diversity: How improving the diversity of your staff and news coverage can build your newspaper's readership," returns to the Marist College campus. The NYSAP board has agreed to cover the costs of an overnight stay June 1 on the Marist campus, (participants will have to cover the costs of a Monday night meal) as well as all...