Latest Q Poll has Blumenthal pulling away

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Thursday October 14, 2010 · 3:45 AM PDT

2010/10/14 · 03:45

Just released this morning, the latest Quinnipiac poll in Connecticut has state attorney general Richard Blumenthal pulling away from wrestling CEO Linda McMahon by a 54-43 margin. Most importantly, Blumenthal is solidly above the 50% mark.

Two weeks ago, the Q-Poll had Blumenthal up by a mere 48-45.

more after the flip.

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Friday July 16, 2010 · 6:12 AM PDT

2010/07/16 · 06:12

The latest Quinnipiac poll has Richard Blumenthal’s lead over Republican Linda McMahon at 17 points, down three points from the prior month, but still comfortably in front. The poll had Blumenthal at 54 and McMahon at 37.

Sorry for the short nature of this diary, but I am at work and have to leave a bit early today. I did do a search on Blumenthal over the past few days and came up with nothing. I heard the news on the radio on the drive in to work.

It looks like good news for Democrats in Connecticut this week with Ned Lamont and Dan Malloy having double digit leads over any Republican in the governor’s race as well.

The poll results and links are after the flip.

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Thursday July 15, 2010 · 7:44 AM PDT

2010/07/15 · 07:44

In the just released Quinnipiac poll, Democrats Ned Lamont and Dan Malloy hold double digit leads over any of the three Republicans in the race, Oz Griebel, Lt. Governor Michael Fedele and spouse abuser Tom Foley, who is the current Republican frontrunner.

Could Democrats finally win the governorship of Connecticut for the first time since Bill O’Neill was elected in 1986? Democrats hold a 2-1 advantage over Republicans in registrations, but have put up a series of uninspiring candidates since O’Neill.

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Thursday May 27, 2010 · 12:34 PM PDT

2010/05/27 · 12:34

I did not see this diarized today, which kind of surprised me. But, a new Quinnipiac poll out today has Richard Blumenthal virtually unharmed by the pseudo-scandal about his Vietnam misstatement. The poll has him up 56-31. Even 41% of Republics view him favorably.

http://blogs.courant.com/...

While his lead is down from 33 points in March, Linda McMahon has literally blanketed the airwaves with $16 million of advertisements in that time, while Blumenthal has had none that I have seen or heard. So, $16 million to gain 8% in the polls, with a convention bounce in there, to boot. The Q-Poll, which is based in Connecticut, flatly refutes the Rasmussen poll from last week that had it down to a three point lead for Blumenthal.

I think Blumenthal still has to stay sharp to avoid a Martha Coakley situation, but it is still his race to lose. It does not seem McMahon will be able to buy the seat like Republics hoped.
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Thursday May 20, 2010 · 4:11 AM PDT

2010/05/20 · 04:11

To continue from my diary yesterday on this issue, CT media personality Colin McEnroe (now on WNPR in Connecticut) puts together a long list of Connecticut political reporters who have covered Blumenthal over the years. All but one of them agree that Blumenthal had always been careful about his service record and saying he was not in Vietnam, including partisan Republican Kevin Rennie. There was one photographer who recalled differently, but he doesn't have a date or time when Blumenthal really claimed he was in Vietnam.

Also, the woman, Jean Risley, in the NY Times story who supposedly told the Times that Blumenthal had claimed to have been spat upon when he returned from Vietnam has strongly denied that she said it. In fact, she is claiming nobody has a better record of support for veterans than Dick Blumenthal and she had never heard him claim to have been in Vietnam.

Sorry for the short diary, but I have to get my daughter ready for school, but a bit more after the flip.

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Wednesday May 19, 2010 · 6:31 AM PDT

2010/05/19 · 06:31

One of Connecticut’s few remaining left of center media personalities – Colin McEnroe – has ripped the NY Times article on Richard Blumenthal to shreds with his blog update from yesterday. McEnroe is a long-time columnist for The Hartford Courant and had a very long-running radio show in the afternoons on WTIC AM 1080 in Hartford. McEnroe currently has an afternoon radio show on NPR in Connecticut after getting canned by WTIC when they moved rightward at the end of 2008, even though McEnroe was their highest rated show.

But, Colin rips the NY Times in his blog post, basically because they only have one actual documented case of Blumenthal saying that he was "in" Vietnam, not that he served "during" Vietnam, which he has said hundreds of times over the years.

McEnroe also rips the writer, Raymond Hernandez, for not revealing his source when the NY Time has promised to be more open about sources after the Jayson Blair fiasco. The blog post from McEnroe has two links to audio of Hernandez and McEnroe appearing on air together yesterday.

Some blurbs from Colin’s usually interesting blog – To Wit – after the flip:

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Tuesday November 10, 2009 · 3:42 AM PST

2009/11/10 · 03:42

Good news for the Democrats, as popular moderate Republican governor Jodi Rell announces she will not run for re-election. This will be the Democrats' best chance to win the statehouse since Bill O'Neill won it in the late 1980s.

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Monday March 16, 2009 · 4:53 AM PDT

2009/03/16 · 04:53

Former US Rep Rob Simmons (R-CT) is planning on challenging weakened Sen. Chris Dodd, who has been a Democratic Senator from Connecticut for nearly 30 years. Simmons has been buoyed by a recent poll that showed him narrowly ahead of Dodd, 43-42.

Poll

93 votes Show Results

Who should take Dodd's place if he steps down?

93 votes Vote Now!

Who should take Dodd's place if he steps down?

Rosa DeLauro

18 votes

John Larson

1 vote

Susan Bysiewicz

3 votes

Chris Murphy

5 votes

Joe Courtney

1 vote

Dick Blumenthal

12 votes

Ned Lamont

49 votes

somebody else?

4 votes

Conservative media group finds media biased - for McCain

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Monday July 28, 2008 · 9:47 AM PDT

2008/07/28 · 09:47

While the readers of DailyKos, and other Democratic-leaning blogs, probaby said "ho-hum" at the news that the media is biased towards John McCain, the revelation published in the Sunday LA Times is even more stunning when you consider the source of the study, the Center for Media and Public Affairs ("CMPA")

more after the flip.

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Wednesday May 21, 2008 · 10:13 AM PDT

2008/05/21 · 10:13

This is the text of the email I just received from "Landslide" Joe Courtney, the US. Representative from eastern Connecticut.

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Friday May 09, 2008 · 6:33 PM PDT

2008/05/09 · 18:33

Back in 2004, Republicans used the terrorism issue to hammer Democrats. Dick Cheney said that if we elected John Kerry, it would only be a matter of time before the terrorists would hit America again, and every call to withdraw from Iraq was greeted by jeers of retreating from the terrorists from Republicans.

We now have a real way to hit back at them on this issue that should be very easy for our media to understand.

More below:

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Thursday May 31, 2007 · 7:49 AM PDT

2007/05/31 · 07:49

This is my first diary since last fall before the elections when I had a few pro-Lamont or anti-Lieberman ones.

But, I think we need bulleted "Talking Points" points on each Republican presidential candidate. And, we need to have them prepared early, no matter how fringe they are at this time. Then when the nomination process is finished, we have to pound home the theme on each candidate.

It sounds fairly easy, but I know organizing Democrats is sometimes only slightly less difficult than herding cats.

Let me explain my thinking on this issue.

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