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Biden Moves Ahead of Castle in Delaware
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
A new Susquehanna Polling & Research poll in Delaware finds Attorney General Beau Biden (D) leading Rep. Mike Castle (R) by five points, 45% to 40%. ...
Poll: Beau Biden Ahead Of Mike Castle In Delaware Senate Race
TPM Election Central —
... The pollster's analysis says that this is the first public poll in which Beau Biden has been ahead, and suggests that Castle's current decline "may be a result of negative publicity he received in the state after casting a 'no; vote for President Obama's health care reform bill in the U.S. Congress. The current poll was conducted 11/10 - 11/15, the week immediately following the weekend when the U.S. House of Representatives voted on this landmark legislation."
(Via Dave Weigel)
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DE-Sen: Biden Up 5 On Castle
Swing State Project —
Susquehanna Polling and Research (R) (11/10-15, registered voters, 4/27-30 in parentheses):
Beau Biden (D): 45 (34)
Mike Castle (R): 40 (55)
Undecided: 8 (8)
(MoE: ??%)
Mike Castle may be rasping to himself, Lloyd Bridges-style, "Looks like I picked the wrong week to run for Senate." And Beau Biden, who's been strangely coy about whether or not to run for Senate since his return from Iraq, may suddenly feel motivated to declare his intentions.
Susquehanna does a fair amount of Republican ...
The consequences of opposing reform
Political Animal —
... -- Americans have been waiting for health care reform for a long time, and there are some Republican lawmakers who'll struggle to explain their opposition to the bill. Take Rep. Mike Castle (R) of Delaware, for example. This is one of the more surprising polls I've seen recently: Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of the vice president, is leading Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) in a hypothetical 2010 U.S. Senate matchup. The Susquehanna Polling & Research survey has Biden beating Castle by five points. When they polled this race in April, Castle led by 21 points. (This ...
Crazy Person Pushes Lunatic Theory that Casting Hard-Right Votes is Sometimes Politically Problematic for Republicans
Matthew Yglesias —
... As everyone knows, when the Democratic president and Democratic congressional majorities press for the progressive legislation they campaigned on, it’s very politically risky. Meanwhile, nobody faces any risks for obstructing that agenda. After all, these Democrats all got elected by accident, not because any of them or anything they stand for is popular. That’s why Dave Weigel’s post about how Beau Biden is now leading Mike Castle by five points in polling instead of trailing hum by 20 is so nuts: ...
Opposing Healthcare Reform Isn't Good Politics
MyDD —
At least not in Delaware, Dave Weigel reports: This is one of the more surprising polls I've seen recently: Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of the vice president, is leading Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) in a hypothetical 2010 U.S. Senate matchup. The Susquehanna Polling & Research survey has Biden beating Castle by five points. When they polled this race in April, Castle led by 21 points. (This poll was conducted from November 10 to November 15.) What's responsible for the Biden surge? He's grabbed the lead in ...
DE-Sen: Biden Has Lead New Poll, HCR the Defining Issue?
Daily Kos —
... Via David Weigel, it looks like Beau Biden has more than closed the lead that GOP Rep. Mike Castle has in a hypothetical match-up. The Susquehanna Polling & Research ...
Tab dump
Ezra Klein —
1) "As a vegetarian I've always felt the perverse need to apologize for my dietary choice. ... But the more I learn about the negative impact of meat production, the more I feel that it's the consumers of meat who should be making apologies."
2) Conservatives wonder whether they're filibustering too much.
3) Democrats readying themselves to make filibusters, at the least, an inconvenience to Republicans.
4) Moderate Republican Mike Castle is becoming more unpopular as he becomes less moderate.
Recipe of the ...
A Local Health Care Shift
Oliver Willis —
In Delaware, the GOP opponent to Beau Biden for senate goes from +21 to -5 after voting against health care reform in congress. ...
Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 11/16/09
Daily Kos —
... The pending "Clash of the Titans" in Delaware between longtime Republican Congressman Mike Castle and state Attorney General Beau Biden has taken an interesting turn, according to a new poll from GOP pollsters Susquehanna Research. They now have Biden staked to a five-point lead over Castle (45-40), his first lead of the campaign. A smattering of polls last month showed anywhere between a toss-up and a small lead for Castle. Since then, of course, Castle has shown his commitment to the "party of no" by voting against health care reform. While there are other variables present ...
links for 2009-11-17
Grasping Reality with a Ten-Foot-Long Flexible Trunk —
... Carlo Cottarelli: Post-Crisis: What Should Be the Goal of a Fiscal Exit Strategy?
David Weigel: Poll: Beau Biden Grabs Lead in Delaware Senate Race
What’s responsible for the Biden surge? ...
