CO-SEN POLL: Bennet 47 (+4), Buck 47 (-1)

[jefferson_dem]

U.S. Senate race poll: 9 days left,0 point difference
By Allison Sherry
The Denver Post
Posted: 10/24/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT

Colorado's U.S. Senate race has clenched into a dead heat nine days before polls close, as incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet climbed to meet GOP hopeful Ken Buck's early lead, each man garnering 47 percent support among likely and actual voters, according to a Denver Post/9 News poll.

The tightening race — three weeks ago, Buck was 5 percentage points ahead — is reflective of a handful of factors, some unique to Colorado, some not.

Democrats nationally have burnished their ground game and get-out-the-vote efforts in recent weeks, galvanizing old 2008 enthusiasm that didn't exist over the summer.

In the Colorado governor's race, Dan Maes and Tom Tancredo are battling for the same group of right-leaning voters in a spectacle that observers say has dampened natural Republican enthusiasm this year.

This could hurt Buck when, in any other circumstance, a strong Republican gubernatorial nominee would only help him.

But the Weld County district attorney has also had a series of public gaffes in recent weeks that have likely tempered some of his early energy coming out of the August primary victory as the Tea Party underdog, observers say.

"Buck keeps stepping on his own message," said University of Colorado at Boulder political scientist Ken Bickers. "I think his message indiscipline has curtailed some of that enthusiasm."

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http://www.denverpost.com/election2010/ci_16418616#ixzz13HALF0QT

[RBInMaine]

1. I think it is Bennet +4 and Buck-The-TeaBagger Asshat -1.

[jefferson_dem]

2. D'oh.

Of course. I don't do well with number before my second cup'o'joe. Thanks.

[rpannier]

3. It's the same old children's game

Buck...Buck...Buck...Lose!

In case you didn't catch it: Duck, duck goose
Or as the Tea Baggers Play it: Duck, Duck, Goose-step

[Jennicut]

4. Great news. Buck is a nutball. Aren't all the Repub candidates nutballs though?

[book_worm]

5. In a way of all the good news polls this morning this is the most significant because

Suvery USA has been among the toughest pollsters this year for Dems and if Dems win CO there is no doubt that they will keep the Senate and probably by 2 or 3 votes.

I'm also happy about the numbers in the Governor's race where some pollsters are starting to show getting tight:
the state's other high-profile race, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado) is maintaining a 10 percentage point lead over former Congressman and Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo, 49-39 percent. Republican Dan Maes has the support of 9 percent of those surveyed.