Monday, August 2, 2010

Colorado Republican contenders still more popular than Dems

Rasmussen Reports released a poll last Tuesday on Colorado’s U.S. Senate race. It continues to show both GOP candidates–former Lt. Governor Jane Norton and Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck–with steady leads over the incumbent appointed Sen. Michael Bennet and his Democratic primary opponent and former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. While Buck and Norton have been engaged in a scorched-earth primary battle that erupted over the past two weeks, neither has apparently lost much ground over the same time in the eyes of the voters.

Why? According to Rasmussen, President Barack Obama is clearly a drag on his party’s candidates in Colorado, and on Bennet in particular, thanks to a 49% “strongly disapprove” rating in the state.   More -

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