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 the all-consuming Dem Senate primary in Connecticut, [tag]Ned Lamont[\/tag] will pick up an endorsement today from [tag]Michael Schiavo[\/tag]. As the Stamford Advocate reported<\/a>, Schiavo will emphasize [tag]Joe Lieberman[\/tag]’s support for the GOP’s intervention in the fate of his deceased wife Terri. Lieberman, meanwhile, unveiled his new TV ad<\/a> yesterday, which features Bill Clinton describing the senator as a good Dem and a good friend.<\/p>\n * Arkansas’ gubernatorial race is slightly more competitive than it was, but state Attorney General [tag]Mike Beebe[\/tag] (D) remains in the lead. According to a new Rasmussen poll<\/a>, Beebe is ahead of former Rep. [tag]Asa Hutchinson[\/tag] (R), 47% to 40%. As the pollster noted, Beebe’s support has been between 46% and 49% for months, while Hutchinson is stuck between 36% and 40%.<\/p>\n * In Virginia’s closely-watched Senate race, a new Rasmussen poll<\/a> shows incumbent Sen. [tag]George Allen[\/tag] still in the lead over former Navy Secretary [tag]James Webb[\/tag], 50% to 39%. These numbers are similar to where the race was a month ago, when Allen led Webb 51% to 41%.<\/p>\n * The run-off Dem primary in Georgia’s 4th congressional district may very well end the controversial career of Rep. [tag]Cynthia McKinney[\/tag] (D). A new poll<\/a> by Insider Advantage shows former DeKalb County Commissioner [tag]Hank Johnson[\/tag] (D) leading McKinney among district Dems, 46% to 21%, though turn-out in run-off primaries is almost impossible to predict. The two face-off on August 8, and considering the district, the winner of the Dem primary is certain to win in November.<\/p>\n * And in Indiana, the latest Research 2000 poll<\/a> shows Rep. [tag]Chris Chocola[\/tag] (R), a top Dem target this year, trailing businessman [tag]Joe Donnelly[\/tag] (D), 46% to 41%. “He’s in deep and serious trouble,” pollster Del Ali told the South Bend newspaper, referring to Chocola. The incumbent Republican is perhaps best known<\/a> for publicly supporting the elimination of Social Security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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: * In the all-consuming Dem Senate primary in Connecticut, [tag]Ned Lamont[\/tag] will pick up an endorsement today from [tag]Michael Schiavo[\/tag]. As the Stamford Advocate reported, Schiavo will emphasize [tag]Joe Lieberman[\/tag]’s support for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8057\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}