OR-Sen: DeFazio beats Smith -- DSCC poll

Grove Insight for the DSCC. 2/2007. Likely voters. MoE 4% (No trend lines)

If the November 4th, 2008 general election for U.S. Senate were held today and the candidates were: Peter DeFazio, Democrat or Gordon Smith, Republican, for whom would you vote or are you undecided?  

DeFazio [D]  42
Smith [R]  38

It's a DSCC partisan poll, so take with appropriate grain of salt. But nevertheless, shows great weakness by Smith against DeFazio, who is still trying to decide whether to take the plunge.

Here's the rest of the poll released to me:

Generally speaking, do you think things in the United States are moving in the right direction, or are they pretty seriously off on the wrong track?

Right direction 27
Wrong track 61
DK 12

I’m going to read you a list of people. After each, please tell me overall, do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of them.

             very smwht smwht very  no   nvr
             fav  fav   unfav unfav opin hrd
Peter DeFazio 24   29      8   11    17   12
Gordon Smith  21   35     12   13    12    7

Now I'm going to read you the names of some public officials.  After I read each name, please tell me if you think that officeholder is doing an excellent job, a good job, only a fair job, or a poor job.  If you aren't sure how good a job that person is doing, just say so.

                       Excel Good Fair Poor DK
Senator Gordon Smith      12  34   31   12  11
Congressman Peter DeFazio 18  30   19   12  20