(IL-06) Duckworth and Roskam duel down the stretch Poll Update
Fri Oct 27, 2006 at 07:56:19 AM PDT
This just in:
A poll taken in the Sixth Congressional District from October 23-24 by Bennett, Petts and Blumenthal found that Tammy Duckworth's campaign to change Congress has withstood millions of dollars in negative ads.
The poll of 400 voters shows Duckworth holding a 44-43 percent lead over her opponent, Peter Roskam.
Woohoo! Back in front!
After the jump you'll find more details about the poll from the press release and info about ongoing canvassing, phonebanking and the incredibly important GOTV training Tammy's campaign is having this weekend plus a few other observations from the past week. As an added bonus another endorsement.
http://www.duckworthforcongress.com/
The National Republican Congressional Committee has spent $2.2 million in negative ads and mail against Duckworth. In addition, Roskam's own campaign has been running more that a million dollars in negative ads against her on Chicago broadcast TV. The Illinois Republican Party has also spent several hundred thousand dollars in negative mail.
Duckworth has gained significant momentum in the race, having been endorsed by all the major newspapers serving the 6th District, including the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Daily Herald, and the Pioneer Press.
Bower's Googlebomb is a washout for Tammy. He linked to a Financial Times article that MSBNC carried for a day or two. It's a dead link now and 6th District voters wouldn't be likely to pay any attention to a British magazine anyway. The idiot Republicans have retaliated with a link to a YouTube Roskam commercial that people around here have seen hundreds of times already so no harm done.
Richard Viguerie as Kos alluded to earlier is the Republican mail order guru and the man behind the Repub astroturf Social Security phaseout outfit 60 Plus Association. That group endorsed Roskam but now says:
"The big-spending, high-deficit, morally-deficient Republican Party hasn't anything to offer conservatives except Halloween scare tactics about the Democrats. But since the GOP majority in Congress has engaged in an unprecedented spending spree, conservatives know that Democrats cannot be any worse and that divided government may lead to less spending," Viguerie said.
"And conservatives have learned that, while Republicans sometimes provide significant symbolism on social issues, in truth, many of them have a disdain for values voters," he added.
"Trying to frighten conservatives by yelling `Nancy Pelosi' and `Harry Reid' won't work this time.
Halloween scare tactics and is about all Petey's run on. I may call him and ask him to retract his Roskam endorsement.
The race from where I sit is looking up. Petey's gone back to desperately trying to rally the base, making a hairbrianed appearance with David Beamer, Todd (Let's roll) Beamer's dad who spouts Dick Cheney islamofascist mumbo jumbo that's been discredited for years. That's a double flip flop from the beginning of the month. Steady there boy.
Pick a side, any side, and stick with it for a change.
Anwyay I have to run. Please contribute to Tammy if you can. She's still behind him in funds and we need to keep running commericals and pay for the GOTV which has to be huge in this district. If you can make it for any of the campaign events below please do. We need all the help we can get.
Weather report this weekend is good. Warmer in the 50s and sunny.
Get-Out-The-Vote Volunteer Training, Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th
One week before the election, come to a volunteer training session to learn everything you'll need to know to be part of our Election Day GOTV Volunteer team. This election will be won or lost depending on how many doors we knock on during the final four days. Come find out what it takes to win.
We meet at 10 am Saturday and 12 pm Sunday, at our Main Field office in Lombard, at the corner of North Avenue and Rohlwing Road in the North Avenue Shopping Mall. Please RSVP to Alex at 630-629-0480.
Election Day Lawyers Training
We meet on Sunday, October 29th, at 3:30 PM in our South Office, at 416 W 22nd Street, Lombard. Please RSVP to Alex at 630-629-0480.
Poll Watcher Training
We meet on Sunday, October 29th, at 5:00 PM in our South Office, at 416 W 22nd Street, Lombard. Please RSVP to Alex at 630-629-0480
Phone Banking:
We have regular phone banks around the district throughout the week. In our main office in Lombard, we call voters all day every day and every night of the week but Friday.
Lombard: 1000 Rohlwing Road, at the corner of North Ave and Rohlwing, in the North Avenue Shopping Mall. Feel free to call us at 630-629-0480, or just to stop by with whatever time you can spare.
Hoffman Estates: Every Tuesday and Wednesday from 5 to 9 pm, in our office at 2500 W Higgins, Office # 1035. Please RSVP at 630-629-0480.
Des Plaines: Every Saturday from 10 to 3 pm, and every Sunday from 1 to 9 pm, at the Machinists Union Hall, at 50 W Oakton Street. Please RSVP at 630-629-0480.
Evanston: We also have a phone bank every Thursday in Evanston, starting at 5:30 pm, at 826 Custer, Evanston, IL 60202. Please RSVP to Nick at 630-629-0480.
And, just in case we run out of phone-lines, please bring your cell-phone!
http://www.duckworthforcongress.com/
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