GOP’s only Senate hope withers away

A new Rasmussen Reports poll smashed any GOP hope of picking up a US Senate, despite their possibilities of losing up to 5 seats. Louisiana makes the best opportunity for the GOP, given the makeup of the state, the registration advantage, and the fact that it is and has been a traditional GOP stronghold. That being said, given the post-Katrina situation and the redness of the state, the GOP thought their best opportunity was taking out Louisiana Democrat Senator Mary Landrieu.

Landrieu is looking safer and safer as November approaches. In fact, this poll will be enough to catapault our 4 poll running figure in our Senate projector to move this seat from LEAN DEM to SAFE DEM (just give me a bit of time here to update it).

Latest numbers:

Senator Mary Landrieu: 53%

GOP John Kennedy: 37%

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If the Senate DEMs had any concerns, they would have been Landrieu or New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg.  But, those concerns are looking more like false hopes as both races are beginning to widen toward the DEMs.  The latest poll from New jersey has Lautenberg lead the GOP challenger 53% to 38%.  Meanwhile, according to more recent polling, Kay Hagen in North Carolina and Jeff Merkley in Oregon, both of who were seen as slipping, appear to be once again closing and putting both those seats in the eyes of the Senate DEMs as tremendously huge targets.

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