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
* The latest poll out of Pennsylvania shows the same thing all recent polls have made clear: Rick Santorum is losing. The latest Rasmussen poll<\/a> shows Santorum trailing state Treasurer Bob Casey (D), 53% to 38%.<\/p>\n * For the umpteenth time in a row, a statewide poll in New York show Sen. Hillary Clinton trouncing<\/a> her most likely GOP rivals. A Quinnipiac poll showed Clinton ahead of former Yonkers Mayor John Spencer, 60% to 30%, and Manhattan lawyer Edward Cox, a son-in-law of President Nixon, 60% to 29%. Asked how she would be as president, 14% of New York voters said the former first lady would be “great” and 37% said “good.” Twenty percent said Clinton would make a “so-so” president, and 22% said she would be “bad.”<\/p>\n * Top GOP leaders in Florida appear to have resigned themselves to the fact that Rep. Katherine Harris (R) will be their Senate nominee. After months of in-fighting and appeals to get Harris to drop out, party officials finally rallied to Harris’ defense<\/a> over the weekend at the state GOP’s quarterly meeting in Lake Buena Vista. Gov. Jeb Bush said he would campaign for Harris and encouraged a room of Republican activists to do the same. At a separate rally, Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings gave strong praise to Harris and told her, “Go, run and win.”<\/p>\n * After months of false starts, Former Safeco CEO Mike McGavick (R) finally launched<\/a> his Senate campaign in Washington state against incumbent Sen. Maria Cantwell (D). Recent polls show Cantwell with a double-digit lead<\/a>.<\/p>\n * In Illinois, Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) enjoys lukewarm support going into his re-election campaign. A new St. Louis Post-Dispatch poll shows Blagojevich with a 47% approval rating<\/a>, which is below the 50% threshold that often spells trouble for incumbents. (via Taegan Goddard<\/a>)<\/p>\n