Here's another interesting tidbit which is now available from the Research 2000 weekend poll Josh linked to last night taking stock of the race between Rep. Chris Chocola (R) and Joe Donnelly (D). The big news in the poll, of course, remains that the numbers confirm (albeit not as dramatically) Donnelly’s own internal polling which showed him leading Chocola and revealed that the race is way more competetive than people expected. But there's something else of interest.

As regular readers of TPM know, Chocola has earned the distinction of being ranked by TPM as one of the House’s top Social Security bamboozlers. But it looks as if Chocola's support for phasing out Social Security may not hurt his reelection chances all that much. Asked in the Research 2000 poll “what will be the single most important issue in determining your vote,” 17 % of the 400 respondents said Iraq, followed by 11% for the economy, 10% for taxes/spending, 9% for war on terror, 7% toll roads, 7% immigration, and 7% for Social Security. (A few other issues languished in the single digits, too.) So there's a bit of good news in that poll for Chocola, too -- and the Count sure could use some good news right about now.