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Palin v. Murkowski Cold War Heating Up? Polls Show Contradictory Results.
Lisa Murkowski had better hope that Sarah Palin doesn't elect to run for the Senate in 2010. That's because a Research 2000 poll conducted two weeks ago for Daily Kos has Murkowski trailing Palin 55-31 among Republican primary voters. Sarah Palin had better not be so foolish as to challenge Lisa ...
Alaska's news and information source | New poll shows Palin would trail Murkowski big in a ...
ktuu.com — Monday, January 5, 2009 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Even with the last election barely two months in the... rearview mirror, some in the national media have speculated that Gov. Sarah Palin might make a run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 as a prelude to running ... (more) Alaska's news and information source | New poll shows ...
Palin Draws Democratic Challenger for 2010 Governor's Race
weeklystandard.com — The Anchorage Daily News and the AP report that Bob Poe, the former state director of international... trade, announced yesterday that he's running against Sarah Palin in 2010: [Poe] asserted [Palin]'s been out of town and out of touch. Poe, a ... (more) Palin Draws Democratic Challenger for 2010 Governor's Race
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Polling Palin: Where she stands for 2010
The Reaction — ... As polling guru Nate Silver notes, "this is pretty unprecedented," even for Alaska. What he finds, though, is that the pro-Murkowski polling is dubious. Although he doesn't discuss the firm that conducted it, Dittman Research, he points out that The Alaska Standard, though on the right, is vehemently anti-Palin and pro-Murkowski. How convenient that it would produce a poll according with its preferences. ...

Palin For Senate?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Nate Silver says not to get too excited about this poll. Know fear.

Palin Draws Democratic Challenger for 2010 Governor's Race
Weekly Standard Blog — ... conducted more recently for The Alaska Standard blog showed the exact opposite: Murkowski over Palin by 27 points. Nate Silver explained that we should be skeptical the latter poll because The Alaska Standard is a pro-Murkowski site. Then again, for whatever reason, the final Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll in the Alaska Senate race was pretty ...

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