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Chris Matthews Mulls Senate Bid as Poll Shows Statistical Tie
Politics Daily — ... Of course, the fact that Matthews currently trails Specter by less than the margin of error in a new Reuters poll could influence him: (h/t ...

Poll: Chris Matthews Only Trailing By Three Points In Possible Senate Bid
TPM Election Central — ... The new Rasmussen poll of Pennsylvania finds that GOP Sen. Arlen Specter has a bare three-point lead over the Hardball host among likely voters, 46%-43%, with a ±4.5% margin of error. These are not the best of poll numbers for Specter, an incumbent who will have been in the Senate for 30 years at the end of the current term. ...

Specter Vulnerable to Matthews Challenge
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — A new Rasmussen survey shows Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) "is potentially vulnerable" in his 2010 bid for re-election. In a much-rumored match up, Specter leads talk show Chris Matthews (D) by just three points, 46% to 43%.

Rasmussen: Specter Vulnerable to Matthews Challenge
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — A new Rasmussen survey shows Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) "is potentially vulnerable" in his 2010 bid for re-election. In a much-rumored match up, Specter leads talk show Chris Matthews (D) by just three points, 46% to 43%.

Misogynist Chris Matthews Advised to Quit MSNBC: Women Rejoice at the Thought
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... wants to be a senator, he should not wait until June, he should quit MSNBC asap! Or the woman hater could use MSNBC as his campaign headquarters. It worked so well for Obama. TPM: Poll: Chris Matthews Only Trailing By Three Points In Possible Senate Bid Wizbang: Chris Matthews Considering Run for Senate; MSNBC Hopes He Quits Soon Political Animal: CHRIS MATTHEWS STILL EYEING SENATE RACE. Election 2010: Pennsylvania Senate Election via The New ...

Thursday's campaign round-up
Political Animal — ... yesterday, when Charlie Brown (D) conceded to Tom McClintock (R). * For all of his many flaws, Chris Matthews seems to have enough poll support to at least make him vaguely credible as a Senate candidate in Pennsylvania. * Leaders in both the House and Senate are ...

Specter leads Matthews, 46 to 43
Michael Calderone's Blog — ... ) Chris Matthews by just 3 percentage points in a hypothetical matchup, according to a new Rasmussen telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters. As Matthews considers a run, he might be enticed by the close margin of 46 to 43. ...

PA-Sen: Specter Vulnerable Against Matthews
Swing State Project — Rasmussen (12/2, likely voters) Chris Matthews (D): 43 Arlen Specter (R-inc): 46 (MoE: ±4.5%) That object looming in Arlen Specter's rearview mirror may in fact be as large as it appears... it's Tweety's giant head. The bluening of Pennsylvania seems to be continuing unabated, as Rasmussen's first look at the 2010 senate race in Pennsylvania sees 28-year veteran Specter looking surprisingly weak against Matthews, a figure many would describe as 'polarizing.' Specter has an overall 60% favorability in the poll, but ...

Chris Matthews sets example other partisan journalists should follow
Sister Toldjah — ... Related to all this, the polling has started on the potential match up between Matthews and Specter. Rasmussen has the latest on that. Don Surber has ...

2010-- Here Already? Pennsylvania Senate Race Heating Up
DownWithTyranny! — ... . Today Rasmussen reports that moderate Republican Arlen Specter is quite vulnerable if MSNBC host Chris Matthews runs against him. He's leading Matthews by 3 points, 46-43%-- a devastating revelation. Even worse news for Specter is that the far right fringes of his party are out to get him, even if it means tossing the seat to a Democrat. ...

PA-Sen: The Chris Matthews boomlet
Daily Kos — Rasmussen. 12/2. Likely voters. MoE 4.5% (No trend lines) Specter (R) 46 Matthews (D) 43 Quinnipiac. 11/19-24. Likely voters. MoE 2.5% (8/5 results) Specter (R) 45 (41) ...

Rasmussen: Arlen Specter 46% Vs. Chris Matthews 43% - Does Retirement Loom for Specter?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... It would be a difficult race for Arlen Specter to win because of his age (Specter will be 80 in 2010) and illness - cancer but with these poll numbers will he now retire? ...

Happy Hour Links
Weekly Standard Blog — Stephen Schwartz and Irfan Al-Alawi examine the "global force behind Mumbai’s agony." Texas senator Kay Bailey Hutchison takes initial steps to run for governor in 2010. George Will ponders Obama's absurd pledge to "save or create 2.5 million jobs." David Kopel wants to free Plaxico Burress. Israel draws up plans to strike Iran that don't require U.S. coordination? A Rasmussen poll shows Chris Matthews three points behind Arlen Specter in a 2010 Senate race.

Rasmussen: Some Surprising Results in a Potential Specter-Matthews Senate Race
Weekly Standard Blog — ... a lot like those from the Obama/McCain race. As a preview, however, of how odd this race could be given Specter’s uneasy relationship with conservatives, Matthews actually leads within this group 51 percent to 43 percent. But Specter is ahead among self-identified liberals, 53 percent to 25 percent. Kind of like Matthew’s Hardball show, one needs to enjoy these results more for their entertainment value than anything else. Read more about the poll here.

Poll Watch: Senator Arlen Specter in Trouble for Re-Election - Trails Pat Toomey By 21 Points
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... This time around, things could be even more challenging for Specter. He was one of only three Republicans in the Congress to vote for President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus plan. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of Pennsylvania Republicans said they were less likely to vote for Specter because of his support for the stimulus package. ...

Poll: Specter And Sestak Both Lead Toomey In 2010 Pennsylvania Senate Match-Ups
TPM Election Central — ... A new Rasmussen poll in Pennsylvania finds that both the newly-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter and his primary challenger, Rep. Joe Sestak, lead Republican former Rep. Pat Toomey for the 2010 Senate general election. ...

New PA Rasmussen: Specter 50% Toomey 39%. Sestak 41% Toomey 35%…
GrassrootsPA Stories — New PA Rasmussen: Specter 50% Toomey 39%. Sestak 41% Toomey 35%…

PA-Sen: Sestak and Specter Beat Toomey
Swing State Project — Rasmussen Reports (6/16, likely voters, no trendlines): Arlen Specter (D-inc): 50 Pat Toomey (R): 39 Undecided: 7 Joe Sestak (D): 41 Pat Toomey (R): 35 Undecided: 18 (MoE: ?5%) This is the second half of the Rasmussen poll from yesterday which tested the Dem primary. I don't really love it when pollsters dribble out results over the course of several days... though I'm sure that if I were in the polling business myself, I'd do exactly the same thing. Anyhow, this ...

Toomey Loses to Either Candidate
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — The second part of the Rasmussen poll in Pennsylvania shows former Rep. Pat Toomey (R) losing to both Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) in potential U.S. Senate match ups. ...

Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 6/18/09
Daily Kos — ... going into the summer, Rasmussen polls the general election and finds either Democratic candidate leading likely GOP nominee Patrick Toomey. Specter is back to a double-digit edge over Toomey (50-39), while Sestak enjoys a smaller six-point edge (41-35). ...

Toomey Has an Uphill Fight in Pennsylvania
Blogs For Victory — But its certainly possible for him to become the next Republican Senator from Pennsylvania: Likely Republican nominee Pat Toomey trails both of the Democrats who are vying for their party’s nomination – Senator Arlen Specter and Rep. Joe Sestak – in potential match-ups for next year’s U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Pennsylvania voters shows Specter leading Toomey by 11 points, 50% to 39%. Sestak bests Toomey by a narrower 41% to 35%. But incumbents who poll at 50% or less are generally ...

Friday's campaign round-up
Political Animal — FRIDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * In next year's Senate race in Pennsylvania, either Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak will be well positioned to defeat former Rep. Pat Toomey (R) in a general election match-up, according to a new Rasmussen poll . * In Virginia, the latest Research 2000 poll for Daily Kos shows Bob McDonnell's (R) lead over Creigh Deeds (D) ...

PA-Sen: When Will Specter Move to the Left of Bernie Sanders?
Open Left - Front Page — Yesterday, Rasmussen released a poll on the Pennsylvania Senate campaign. It showed Arlen Specter leading Joe Sestak, 51%--32% among likely voters. This confirmed other polls on the campaign that were taken after the first week immediately following Specter's flip. GQR showed Specter up ...