Monday, June 28, 2010
Polls: Back to square one for Deval?
Whether he’s slightly increasing or slightly falling in polls, Deval seems to be back to where he’s been over the past eight months or so when all the polls are averaged out: Hovering around 40 percent and depending heavily on a split opposition. … The latest numbers have to be a minor disappointment for Deval, who seemed to be catching some spring momentum before the latest batch of poll data came out. He’s campaigned well. The state economy is slowly recovering. Baker still hasn’t found a voice. Cahill’s still a third-party thorn in Baker’s side even with falling numbers. And yet Deval seems to be spinning wheels. No one is breaking out. …
Bad news for Mass. incumbents in general: Scott Brown’s the most popular politician in Massachusetts. He’s hanging on to the Independents, even if some Tea Partiers are unhappy. …
Whether he’s slightly increasing or slightly falling in polls, Deval seems to be back to where he’s been over the past eight months or so when all the polls are averaged out: Hovering around 40 percent and depending heavily on a split opposition. … The latest numbers have to be a minor disappointment for Deval, who seemed to be catching some spring momentum before the latest batch of poll data came out. He’s campaigned well. The state economy is slowly recovering. Baker still hasn’t found a voice. Cahill’s still a third-party thorn in Baker’s side even with falling numbers. And yet Deval seems to be spinning wheels. No one is breaking out. …
Bad news for Mass. incumbents in general: Scott Brown’s the most popular politician in Massachusetts. He’s hanging on to the Independents, even if some Tea Partiers are unhappy. …
