MI-09: This poll is a month old, so take it with salt and pepper if necessary, but this DCCC poll shows Democrat Gary Peters four point up on Republican incumbent Joe Knollenberg:
Grove Insight for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. 8/17-18. Likely voters. MoE 4.9%
Peters (D) 41
Knollenberg (R) 37
Kevorkian (I) 8
Yes. That Jack Kevorkian.
Wel, aside from the poll being a bit old, there's nothing to complain about. With "positive bios" included (which, to be fair, is kind of bullshit), Peters has an even wider lead, 50% to 35%.
This poll being a month-old Dem internal, who knows what the situation is like now...but it sure looks good by itself.
NY-26: Republican Chris Lee bravely opted not to take a position on the financial bailout, even after pressed by the campaign of Democrat Alice Kryzan:
Democratic congressional candidate Alice J. Kryzan on Monday accused her Republican opponent— Christopher J. Lee — of being "silent" on the nation’s economic crisis.
And indeed, following the vote on the financial industry bailout package, he was.
The Lee campaign would not say how he would have voted on the $700 billion bill, which was defeated on the floor of the House of Representatives by a vote of 228 to 205. The Kryzan campaign, meanwhile, was quick to express its views.
"If she were a member, she would have voted for it," said spokeswoman Anne Wadsworth.
Lee has also canceled debates with the Democrat, spurring the question of just what the Republican is afraid of...
AZ-03: Hot new ad from Orange to Blue candidate Bob Lord:
TX-07: And this one, from Texas Democrat Michael Skelly:
VA-05: Here is the best ad of the day, however, from Virginia's Tom Perriello, running against Virgil Goode in the Fifth District:
NATIONAL: The DCCC has released a series of new ads across the nation.
This one is one of my favorites: it skewers Abramoff Republican Tom Feeney (FL-24), who himself released a heinously awkward ad trying to edownplay his ties to the convicted lobbyist.
Here are the others, and the Democrats running in the district:
PA-03: Kathy Dahlkemper
PA-11, Paul Kanjorski
IN-09, Baron Hill
AL-05, Wayne Parker
NV-03, Jon Porter
and the following here:
TX-22, Nick Lampson
AK-AL, Don Young
NM-02, Harry Teague
PA-10, Chris Carney