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 Pennsylvania’s Senate race, Rasmussen was the only poll showing [tag]Bob Casey[\/tag] (D) still enjoying a double-digit lead over Sen. [tag]Rick Santorum[\/tag] (R), but not anymore<\/a>. A new Rasmussen poll shows Casey’s lead shrinking from 11 points to eight, 48% to 40%. GOP ally and Green Party candidate Carl Romanelli is third with 5%.<\/p>\n * Speaking of Pennsylvania, Gov. [tag]Ed Rendell[\/tag]’s (D) lead over former football player [tag]Lynn Swann[\/tag] (R) continues to grow at a steady pace. A new Rasmussen poll<\/a> shows Rendell adding two points to his earlier margin and is now ahead by 12, 50% to 38%.<\/p>\n * Speaking of increasingly uncompetitive gubernatorial races, Rep. [tag]Ted Strickland[\/tag] (D) now his biggest lead to date<\/a> over Ohio Secretary of State [tag]Ken Blackwell[\/tag] (R) in the race to replace Rep. [tag]Bob Taft[\/tag] (R). Strickland was up by 11 in July’s Rasmussen poll, but is now ahead by 25 points, 57% to 32%.<\/p>\n * And speaking of Ohio, shows Rep. [tag]Sherrod Brown[\/tag] (D) has taken the lead over Sen. [tag]Mike DeWine[\/tag] (R) in the latest Rasmussen poll<\/a>, 45% to 42%.<\/p>\n * In Massachusetts, a new Boston Globe poll<\/a> shows what is, in effect, a three-way tie for the Dems’ gubernatorial nomination. With just three weeks to go before the primary, [tag]Deval Patrick[\/tag] is leading with 31%, followed by [tag]Christopher Gabrieli[\/tag] at 30%, and [tag]Thomas Reilly[\/tag] at 27%. (via Taegan Goddard<\/a>)<\/p>\n