North Carolina: Holy freakin' cow! A new Rasmussen Reports poll sees State Senator Kay Hagan with an albeit statistically insignificant lead (you read that right - a lead!) on Republican Elizabeth Dole, 48-47. Wow. A statistical dead heat is one heck of a primary victory bump. Very simply, we can oust Dole. Contribute to Hagan via the Expand the Map! ActBlue page now to help. (HT: andtun1)
Oregon: The latest Rasmussen Reports numbers see Republican Gordon Smith's lead against his Democratic challengers crumbling. Smith is in a statistical dead heat against Speaker Jeff Merkley, 45-42. Smith also has a six-point lead on Steve Novick, 47-41. Any illusion of security enjoyed by any Senate Republicans is quickly eroding. Smith feels threatened, and given the closeness of the race, feels more threatened by Merkley, so what does Smith do? Why, Smith launches a misleading attack ad against Merkley, of course. Smith has taken loads of lobbyist money and has voted in favor of corporate interests time and time again. And he's scared of having to defend his record. It will be awfully fun to watch Smith squirm in the general election debates.
New Hampshire: Popular former Governor Jeanne Shaheen wants to chart a new course in Iraq and Afghanistan. Something tells me that Sprintin' John Sununu is perfectly comfortable with the current, George W. Bush-charted course.
"He's been in Washington 24 years, and he's passed eight pieces of legislation," Ogonowski said. ...
Kerry's campaign has released a list of 13 bills the campaign said Kerry has authored and has seen passed since 2001.
It is remarkable that Senator John Kerry has managed to pass a baker's dozen of bills in an era marked by a Republican majority suffocating Democratic voices and then a Republican minority breaking filibuster records and obstructing anything that moves. It is, however, unremarkable, that a Republican would lie about Senator Kerry's record.
