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Poll: GOP Holds On To Craig's Senate Seat
A SurveyUSA poll released yesterday shows Republicans in good shape to keep the Senate seat of disgraced GOP Senator Larry Craig, who is expected to resign at the end of the month. Lt. Governor Jim Risch (R), reportedly the most likely replacement appointee for the seat, leads former Democratic Congressman Larry LaRocco by a margin of 52%-36%. Former Governor Dirk Kempthorne, who served as a U.S. Senator in the 1990's and is currently U.S. Secretary of the Interior, leads LaRocco 55%-36%.
Congressman Mike Simpson, who has indicated that he does not want to serve in the Senate — and has had sharp words for the Senate GOP leadership that abandoned Craig — also leads LaRocco, by a 54%-34% margin.
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This merely confirms that Idaho will not be a top pick-up opportunity for Democrats. But by even being on the map (and it obviously is, since there are even polls taken of it), it forces the GOP to play more defense than it wants to. Check out these Senate Rankings
September 9, 2007 4:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Early polls have been known to be wrong.
It would be very foolish I think to predict LaRocco victory today but the result is not written in stone. Idaho is a largely rural state and it is the rural areas that are suffering the greatest casualties in Iraq.
Best, Terry
September 9, 2007 6:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
"GOP"="Gay Olde Party", the party of the homonazis.
September 9, 2007 6:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
No surprises here. Only conceivable way Democrats could have a shot at this seat would be for Craig to run again.
September 9, 2007 7:26 PM | Reply | Permalink