Poll: Blumenthal up 12 points over McMahon in Ct. Senate race

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Source: CNN

(CNN) – A new poll indicates that Richard Blumenthal maintains a double digit lead over Linda McMahon in the Senate battle in Connecticut.

According to a Quinnipiac University survey released Tuesday, 54 percent of likely voters in Connecticut say they back Blumenthal, the longtime state attorney general and Democratic nominee for Senate, with 42 percent supporting McMahon, the GOP nominee and former pro-wrestling executive who's spent tens of millions of dollars of her own money on her campaign.

Blumenthal's 12 point lead is up one point from an 11-point advantage in a Quinnipiac poll conducted earlier this month. A Suffolk University survey released last week indicated Blumenthal with an 18 point lead but other recent polls suggest he holds only a single digit advantage over McMahon.

The winner in November will succeed five-term Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd, who announced earlier this year that he would not run for re-election. A GOP Senate victory in Connecticut would give the party a big boost towards possibly reclaiming control of the chamber.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/26/poll-blumenthal-up-12-points-over-mcmahon-in-ct-senate-race/

[onehandle]

1. Good. I never believed she had a chance. nt

[groundloop]

2. Sometimes even money can't overcome bat-shit crazy.

[4lbs]

3. Ah, Tweety's going to be upset. Seems all his overly critical talk about Blumenthal hasn't made a

dent.

Poor, poor, Tweety. <--- Pssst, sarcasm.

[No Elephants]

5. Matthews has all but said he joined the Peace Corps to get out of the draft.

I find no fault with that, but he's in no position to judge Blumenthal, IMO.

[Kingofalldems]

7. Tweety wets his finger and sticks it in the air daily

[happygoluckytoyou]

4. RELATED STORY linda claims to be not-a-witch, and challenges RICHARD to a cagematch

[Kingofalldems]

6. Kick this to the top-

Send Mr. Clever's to the bottom.

[AndrewP]

8. Seems like coming from the honorable position of CEO of WWE wasn't enough

I am very afraid of this woman getting into the Senate. She is one of the worst anti-Union, anti-worker rights people you could possibly find.