Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:<\/p>\n
* In its election-eve poll in New Jersey, Quinnipiac shows Sen. Jon Corzine (D) leading Doug Forrester 52% to 45%<\/a> among likely Garden State voters. The election, of course, is tomorrow.<\/p>\n * In Virginia, which will also pick a new governor tomorrow, Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore will accept a visit by President Bush<\/a> this evening. Bush will make a campaign stop with Kilgore tonight on his way home from Latin America. Republicans are touting the visit as proof that Bush is still a GOP asset; I’m looking at this as the opposite — if Kilgore was so anxious to be seen with Bush, why is he waiting until 12 hours before the polls open to be seen with him?<\/p>\n * Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R) has long been seen as one of the nation’s most politically vulnerable incumbents, and now polls are bolstering this belief. A poll published today by the Baltimore Sun<\/a> shows Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley (D) leading Ehrlich 48% to 33%. Montgomery County Executive Douglas Duncan (D) also leads Ehrlich, but by a much smaller margin. As for the primary fight, O’Malley leads Duncan among Maryland Dems, 42% to 23%, which is about where the race was in April.<\/p>\n