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Richard Brrrrrrrr not lookin' so good
BlueNC - The people's think tank — From the polling guys at Daily Kos : Our most recent poll from Research 2000 pits Democrats Roy Cooper, the current Attorney General of North Carolina, and Richard Moore, the state's former Treasurer, against the state's senior Senator Richard Burr. As expected, Burr is going to have a tough race on his hands if Moore or Cooper runs, a scenario which would present yet another major headache for newly minted NRSC chair John Cornyn. Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 1/5-7. Likely voters. MoE 4% (No trend lines). Burr (R) 45 Cooper (D) 43 Burr (R) 46 Moore (D) 40 Very nice-looking ...

NC-Sen: Cooper and Moore Poll Close To Burr
Swing State Project — Research 2000 for Daily Kos (1/5-7, likely voters): Roy Cooper (D): 43 Richard Burr (R-inc): 45 Richard Moore (D): 40 Richard Burr (R-inc): 46 (MoE: ?4%) If you were to ask me, I'd point to Richard Burr as the Republicans' most endangered incumbent Senator in 2010. He's kind of a back-bench non-entity up for his first re-election, he made it into office in a strongly Republican year (2004) against an underwhelming opponent (Erskine Bowles), and North Carolina underwent a pretty dramatic blue ...

Tuesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal — ... the open-seat Senate race in the state in 2010. * In North Carolina, a Research 2000 poll shows Sen. Richard Burr leading his likely Democratic challengers, but not by much . In a hypothetical match-up against state Attorney General Roy Cooper, Burr leads by just two points (45% to 43%), while against former state Treasurer Richard Moore, Burr leads by six (46% to 40%). * Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) has decided ...

Burr to Be Named Senate GOP Chief Deputy Whip
News — ... will soon be announced as the GOP's chief deputy whip by Majority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), a senior GOP aide said Wednesday. Burr, a five-term House member before his 2004 election to the Senate, will be tasked with helping Kyl whip votes in the 111th Congress. The senior North Carolina senator has long held leadership aspirations — he ran for the position of conference chairman in 2007 but lost to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). Burr could face a tough reelection race in 2010; a Research 2000/Daily Kos poll released earlier this week showed him having slim leads over two ...

Senate Rankings, February 2009 Edition
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... Pennsylvania (R-Specter) Specter will apparently not face a primary challenge from Club for Growther Pat Toomey, who nearly defeated him in 2004, removing one major barrier to his potential re-election (although, the National Review is not so sure about that). Still, between Specter's health and Pennsylvania's Democratic-leaning electorate, there are plenty of obstacles ahead. 8. North Carolina (R-Burr) Recent polling shows Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper running about even with Burr, although ...