Jon Ralston in the Las Vegas Sun:
The Rasmussen poll released Thursday found [GOP nominee Sharron] Angle leading [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid by 48-41, down from 50-39 in a survey by the same firm right after the primary. The poll of 500 likely voters taken this week (margin of error of 4.5 percent) would seem to indicate Angle is holding her own despite a pummeling on television and in the media. And a majority of Nevadans (53 percent) favor repealing health care reform, one of Reid’s signature achievements. That’s the good news for Angle.
But, as the Rasmussen write-up reports, it appears Angle’s bounce is over. And even more ominous for her, her unfavorable rating (47 percent) is nearly identical to Reid’s (49 percent). The ineluctable fact that more Nevadans feel “very unfavorably” about Reid (43 percent) than about Angle (33 percent) is the difference in the race.
And:
In the NBC/WSJ poll, the only other issue close to as negative a candidate attribute for voters (23/62) was someone who “supported the economic policies of George W. Bush,” so the 43rd president still can be used as an effective club.
Those numbers certainly show a path to victory for Reid. But the poll also showed it could be paved with destructive potholes. The negativity of the public toward the president and especially Congress is apparent.
Let’s hope that Nevadans come to their senses. If they elect this piece of work, Angle, you won’t catch me in Lost Wages, I mean Las Vegas ever again.