According to the latest Rasmussen poll yesterday. link to polling info These poll numbers seem a bit iffy to me considering that Noriega was only 4 points down last month. In any event, Noriega still has another few days on Active Duty this week
That means that these numbers are released and he has to rely on his staff and surrogates to get some exposure. This is one of my favorite races this cycle and I think that if we don't step up and support Rick immediately that we will lose any traction we have.
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The poll gives this information
Cornyn is supported by 86 percent of Republicans and has a two-to-one edge among unaffiliated voters. Last month, his lead among the unaffiliateds was just four percentage points. Noreiga attracts 72 percent of Democrats, down from 81 percent a month ago.
The Democrat leads among voters under 30, reflecting a nationwide trend. He is competitive among those who earn less than $40,000 a year. However, Cornyn has the advantage among adults over 30 and those with annual incomes topping $40,000.
Incumbents who poll below 50 percent are generally considered vulnerable. Cornyn has moved slightly above that threshold, but many of his colleagues remain in challenging races
Now of course this comes from Fox and they use Rasmussen so I see a little bias right there. Maybe they even had bad numbers last month on purpose so they could balance them out with improved numbers this month and show the momentum was going back to Cornyn. After Cornyn voted against the New GI Bill and Rick has started receiving national attention I just do not buy these numbers. Maybe last months were out of whack, but I certainly see this as being less than 17 point.
Maybe he got some play from his crazy logic last week that the Global Climate Change bill would cost Texas 300k jobs. Mind you that gas prices have skyrocket to over $4.00 while Cornyn and his Republican Cronies have been in Congress. That rise of gas prices certainly hasn't cost the citizens of Texas any jobs.
Cornyn did get some mileage out of saying that the global change bill would cost gas prices to rise immediately. scroll down to bottom of article for quote
So as gas prices rise and Democrats are increasingly spending more money for the necessities with the status quo politics of the Republican adminstration, John Cornyn's poll numbers mysteriously rise.
Help me give Noriega a boost. I made an offering last week that if anyone donated to my candidate for Alabama U.S. Senate Vivian Figures, I would donate 1.5 x that donation to Noriega. I am still working on doing that small donation by donation. But I will continue that pledge today.