Glengariff Group: Durbin wins Senate race in a landslide, Obama high in polls

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

D.Durbin    53%
J.Edgar      32%


http://www.macombjournal.com/articles/2007/06/11/news/news2.txt

Obama:  50% approve
              23% disapproval

[AndrewTX]

Good, Durbin is one of my favorite Democrat senators.

[Tender Branson]

D.Durbin    53%
J.Edgar      32%


http://www.macombjournal.com/articles/2007/06/11/news/news2.txt

Obama:  50% approve
              23% disapproval

Obama actually gets far higher approval than that. The poll says:

"Obama gets 50.3 percent who "strongly approve" of his job performance, 22.7 percent "somewhat approve," 9 percent "somewhat disapprove," 7.7 percent "strongly disapprove" and 10.3 percent offered no opinion. Obama gets approving marks from 87 percent of Democrats, 54.8 percent of Republicans and 69.4 percent of independents."

This is a 73% approval rating, with 17% disapproving and 10% Undecided.

[Verily]

50.3% strongly approve!? That's better even than the North Dakota Senators! Also, approved by more than 50% of Republicans makes me want to say that Obama could break 70% in Illinois as the Presidential candidate, not just 60%.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Well he didn't break 70% against Keyes (although he came very close) so I doubt it, though he win Illinois by a wider margin than MA and RI and have it be his best state hands down though.

[Adlai Stevenson]

Well he didn't break 70% against Keyes (although he came very close) so I doubt it, though he win Illinois by a wider margin than MA and RI and have it be his best state hands down though.

Obama could probably win Illinois by a 2-to-1 margin, 66%-33%.  He will at least get over 60% of the vote I would say and probably more. 

[Kevin]

It's odd that Durbin is this far ahead, I would expect him to have a clear advantage but no this big since Jim Edgar was a well liked and well respected Governor.

[True Democrat]

It's odd that Durbin is this far ahead, I would expect him to have a clear advantage but no this big since Jim Edgar was a well liked and well respected Governor.

Not with the Republican Party of Illinois behind him.

[Kevin]

It's odd that Durbin is this far ahead, I would expect him to have a clear advantage but no this big since Jim Edgar was a well liked and well respected Governor.

Not with the Republican Party of Illinois behind him.

Even with that I would still expect it to be closer. Also is there any word that Edgar is going to run? 

[Eraserhead]

The Illinois Republican Party is dead.

[Mr.Phips]

It's odd that Durbin is this far ahead, I would expect him to have a clear advantage but no this big since Jim Edgar was a well liked and well respected Governor.

Not with the Republican Party of Illinois behind him.

Even with that I would still expect it to be closer. Also is there any word that Edgar is going to run? 

No

[HardRCafé]

Even with that I would still expect it to be closer. Also is there any word that Edgar is going to run? 

For God's sake no.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

It isn't dead it remains alive, but a weak party, just like the Dems were in 2004, they haven't recovered from the 2002 defeats and the old guard like Edgar and the Ryans. They need new ideas and fresh people to run instead of running people that are tied to the old guard.

[Tender Branson]

Also, approved by more than 50% of Republicans makes me want to say that Obama could break 70% in Illinois as the Presidential candidate, not just 60%.

LOL. If this happens and Obama breaks 70% in IL next year, he would get 1 Mio. votes more than Kerry just in his homestate

[Rob]

I now want to see an Obama v. Thompson race. It would be hilarious if ol' Fred were the first Republican presidential candidate in history to lose the Chicago suburbs.