DE: Rasmussen: Coons (D) leads by 9; Castle write-in generates little interest

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

New Poll: Delaware Senator (Special) by Rasmussen on 2010-09-27

Summary: D: 49%, R: 40%, I: 5%, U: 5%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

[tpfkaw]

Castle's name was not mentioned, however.

[Eraserhead]

Ah, so Castle would only serve to hurt Coons and help give the nut a prayer of winning? What a shocker.

NOT. Torie, I told you!

The bright side is that numbers like these should keep him out of the race.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

ok, if this chick wins, the GOP might start believing Palin is electable.  This is really starting to worry me....Therefore....ODonnel must lose.

[Hash]

9 is way too close for comfort.

[Eraserhead]

ok, if this chick wins, the GOP might start believing Palin is electable.  This is really starting to worry me....Therefore....ODonnel must lose.

In a span of like two weeks, you've gone from wanting her to win and thinking she will, to thinking she'll lose and now to thinking she might win but wanting her to lose. Most impressive.

[tpfkaw]

ok, if this chick wins, the GOP might start believing Palin is electable.  This is really starting to worry me....Therefore....ODonnel must lose.

Don't be a pussy.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

In a span of like two weeks, you've gone from wanting her to win and thinking she will, to thinking she'll lose and now to thinking she might win but wanting her to lose. Most impressive.

i'm glad Castle lost - it's keeping the RINOs in line in the Senate.  But I also don't want Palin to be nominated, therefore the GOP needs to learn not to bet on a longshot in 2012 and ODonnel losing would help in teaching that lesson.  If ODonnel wins, Palin is going to be even harder to stop.

[Eraserhead]

9 is way too close for comfort.

Rasmussen says that virtually all of the Castle people in this poll would support Coons or be undecided if he didn't run. So if it appears to be closer, there is only one person to blame for that.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

ok, if this chick wins, the GOP might start believing Palin is electable.  This is really starting to worry me....Therefore....ODonnel must lose.

Don't be a pussy.

Look, Palin is damaged goods.  The GOP would be much better off having Thune or Pence represent it in 2012.  Whatever the down-ticket performance of a Thune or Pence ticket, Palin's performance would be about 5 Senate seats less.  She's a dufus.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

9 is way too close for comfort.

Rasmussen says that virtually all of the Castle people in this poll would support Coons or be undecided if he didn't run. So if it appears to be closer, there is only one person to blame for that.

explain....closer than 9?  and who is the person to blame?

[DrScholl]

No surprises here, obviously Castle would draw support from Coons, but it seems to be a low amount. 9 points is still a good bit of distance, O'Donnell would have a lot of catching up to do. Write ins are hard to poll, but if this is an accurate snap shot, I see the race ending up 51 Coons, 41 O'Donnell, 8 Castle.

[Eraserhead]

9 is way too close for comfort.

Rasmussen says that virtually all of the Castle people in this poll would support Coons or be undecided if he didn't run. So if it appears to be closer, there is only one person to blame for that.

explain....closer than 9?  and who is the person to blame?

No, I mean that if Castle was not in running, Coons would have a bigger lead. The only reason the race is a bit closer is because of Castle's potential involvement... so he's the person to blame.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

FWIW, Castle would presumably poll much higher than this if he actually announced his intent to run a write-in campaign. That being said, this poll and the poll Castle is commissioning will likely deal with the question of a Castle write-in in a whole different way.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

A write in for Castle would be worthless. If you really want to make a statement, I would write-in either Roth or Williams, if I lived in this state. This won't be complete without a dead guy running. A commie, a witch, there is something missing. A dead guy would fill the void.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Of course Rasmussen would make the toplines exclusive for his most important polls...

[Sam Spade]

Rasmussen will say 51-40 today.

[Oakvale]

Rasmussen will say 51-40 today.

That is disturbingly close.

[Lief 🗽]

Also disturbingly far away from every other poll of this race.

[Oakvale]

Also disturbingly far away from every other poll of this race.

Well, Scott does have a book on the Tea Party to shill.

[Phony Moderate]

Still, O'Donnell faces the long and difficult task ahead of preparing her concession speech.

[Rowan]

This is the first poll post-debate, correct?