Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 5/24-26. Likely voters. MoE 4% (1/11-13 results)
Dick Blumenthal (D) 52 (56)
Linda McMahon (R) 33 (34)
It'd been a while since we polled Connecticut, and quite frankly, I didn't expect to ever come back to this Senate race (the governor's race is another story, and a race for another day to poll).
We also polled Rob Simmons, who has just unceremoniously dumped by the side of the road by his state's Republicans. He should've stayed in. McMahon led him by just 48-44 in a primary matchup. Still, in general election polling, Simmons didn't fare much better, lagging Blumenthal 52-37. With a favorability of 53-35, Blumenthal has weathered the storm of his little mini "scandal" (or whatever it is you call it when the NY Times manufactures a big hullabaloo about nothing).
One of the things to watch in this race will be McMahon's favorabilities. Right now, she's pretty much unknown at 31/37/32 (fav/unfav/no opinion). It'll be fun to see how low she'll end up after Dems unleash on her and expose her record.
This isn't the first poll to show Blumenthal easily surviving that little mess. Quinnipiac came back with an even bigger Blumenthal lead -- 56-31.. So it's more amusing than anything to see Charlie Cook still rates this race as a "tossup".
Hardly.
p.s. Someone tell Rasmussen his attempt to validate Charlie Cook has failed.