Looks like Mark Udall is taking a u-turn in terms of support from Colorado voters.
One poll?
An outlier.
Two polls in a row? A trend--possibly.
Things aren't looking to good for our favorite Boulder liberal, Mark Udall:
In the U.S. Senate race, U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, the Democrat, and Republican Robert Schaffer are tied 44 - 44 percent, compared to a 48 - 38 percent Udall lead June 26.
Schaffer managed to erase (and Udall managed to lose) a ten-point deficit in under a month.
Some of the spinmeisters at ColoradoPols
have been working themselves up into a lather making excuses about poll reliability, the fact its only July, etc., when only a week ago they were trumpeting the
CQ politics "leans Dem" prognostication and the double-digit polls
as unassailable proof of Udall's electability and Schaffer's weaknesses as a candidate.
Then we had the first debate . . .
The two newest polls showing that Schaffer has
closed the gap in overall poll numbers,
independents (Udall's lead shrank from 21% to just 4%), and
favorability (tied at 54%).
Of course this
is still July, but rumors of Schaffer's early demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated. If these two new polls represent a trend, then we can expect the race to continue to be neck-and-neck going into November, a true toss up, and one of the most watched races in the country.
And we still have more debates and the DNC to come.
