Right-tilting Rasmussen poll confirms Perry's weakness, Bell's gains

[Czolgosz]

The last SurveyUSA poll had Perry's support at an anemic 35% and Bell gaining:

35% - James "Rick" Perry
21% - Richard "Kinky" Friedman
20% - Chris Bell
19% - Carole Keeton McClellan Rylander "But Not Grandma" Strayhorn

The subsequent Rasumssen poll (which always over counts right-wing voters) had Perry's numbers back up and Bell's back down. Now, even the Righty-Rasmussen poll has Perry down to 35% and Bell back up to 18%:

35% - James "Rick" Perry
18% - Richard "Kinky" Friedman
18% - Chris Bell
18% - Carole Keeton McClellan Rylander "But Not Grandma" Strayhorn

http://victoriakos.blogspot.com/2006/08/bell-gains-on-perry-in-latest-poll.html

While 18% and a three-way tie for second is generally nothing to brag about, you have to keep in mind that Rasmussen has always put Bell's numbers a consistent 5% to 9% below the more accurate Wall Street Journal-Zogby and SurveyUSA polls and has consistently inflated Perry's numbers by a few percentage points over those other polls.

If Rasmussen has Bell closing the gap between Perry and Bell by 10% in less than a month, you can bet that the gap is even smaller than Rasmussen's numbers would suggest and that this gap is truly closing quickly.

Notwithstanding the right-tilt of the Rasmussen polls, Bell (up 5%) is the only candidate rising in the latest Rasmussen poll while Perry (down 5%), Strayhorn (down 2%), and Kinky (down 1%) are all falling.

[Reciprocity]

1. Great news, thanks for posting!

[svpadgham]

2. Sweet!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[sonias]

3. I love gap closing when it's our candidates closing in

Adios MoFo Perry!!

This is exactly why I don't think Perry is going to stick out his neck for DeLay. If it wasn't an election year, I'm sure ricky would find some lame ass appointment for DeLay so that he could be declared ineligible to run. But with 4 opponents, goodhair has to walk a fine line and try to stay clean. Associating with that almost convicted felon DeLay, is not good for your poll numbers. I can just see the headlines if Perry should appoint DeLay to something - it won't be pretty. And Bell, c4n3p and stinky kinky will go to town on his ass.

I picked up the appointment bit from the NYT story

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/washington/09delay.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
DeLay Repeats His Refusal to Run for His Old Seat
The lawyer who argued the Republicans’ case, James Bopp Jr., said Tuesday that there might still be ways to keep Mr. DeLay off the ballot. For instance, Mr. Bopp said in a telephone interview, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, a Republican, could appoint or nominate Mr. DeLay to another office, making him ineligible to serve in Congress.

In that case, another Republican could be named to take Mr. DeLay’s place on the ballot, Mr. Bopp said,

Sonia

[muse]

4. This reminds me of the couple of lame ass Dem candidates and

office holders we know about who are supporting Strayhorn. How long can they in all seriousness back such a loser?