KY: Mason-Dixon: Beshear (D) in good shape for 2011

[Tender Branson]

45% Steve Beshear/Jerry Abramson (D)
30% David Williams/Richie Farmer (R)
  5% Gatewood Galbraith/Dea Riley (I)
20% Undecided

43% Steve Beshear/Jerry Abramson (D)
24% Phil Moffett/Mike Harmon (R)
  6% Gatewood Galbraith/Dea Riley (I)
26% Undecided

Gov. Beshear job approval rating:

56% Approve
26% Disapprove
18% Undecided

The telephone survey of 625 likely voters across the state was conducted Oct. 18 and 19 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research of Washington, D.C. It was commissioned by the Lexington Herald-Leader, WKYT-TV in Lexington and WAVE-TV in Louisville. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/10/24/1493177/kentucky-poll-gov-beshear-holds.html#ixzz13FrQByJT

[feeblepizza]

Not surprising. All three incumbents elected in 2007 will win in 2011, barring any miracles for the other party.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Not surprising. All three incumbents elected in 2007 will win in 2011, barring any miracles for the other party.

Highly unlikely since Haley Barbour is term-limited.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

I can't believe Richie Farmer agreed to just be the running mate. The Republicans are throwing away a competitive race by not running him at the top of the ticket.

[SvenssonRS]

Beshear, of all people, actually has positive approvals? There's my surprise for the day...

[Lief 🗽]

It's funny that the most popular Dem governors seem to be in the states that hate Obama the most (Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia).

[Dgov]

It's funny that the most popular Dem governors seem to be in the states that hate Obama the most (Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia).

Seems that governing like a Conservative Democrats is a popular thing to be doing right now.  I wonder if Obama will take this hint?

[feeblepizza]

Not surprising. All three incumbents elected in 2007 will win in 2011, barring any miracles for the other party.

Highly unlikely since Haley Barbour is term-limited.

Republicans will retain the seat, anyway.

[SvenssonRS]

It's funny that the most popular Dem governors seem to be in the states that hate Obama the most (Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia).

+Wyoming.

[Nichlemn]

It's funny that the most popular Dem governors seem to be in the states that hate Obama the most (Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia).

Interesting. Do any blue state Democratic governors have a positive approval rating?

[Landslide Lyndon]

It's funny that the most popular Dem governors seem to be in the states that hate Obama the most (Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia).

Interesting. Do any blue state Democratic governors have a positive approval rating?

Jack Markel at Delaware.
John Lynch at New Hampshire.

[Dgov]

It's funny that the most popular Dem governors seem to be in the states that hate Obama the most (Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia).

Interesting. Do any blue state Democratic governors have a positive approval rating?

Jack Markel at Delaware.
John Lynch at New Hampshire.

New Hampshire isn't a Blue State.  Also, Lynch has more in common with Bebee than he does with the more Liberal Democrats.

But yeah--one of the biggest problems the Democrats have in their governor's races is that most of their popular incumbents are retiring.

[Niemeyerite]

It's funny that the most popular Dem governors seem to be in the states that hate Obama the most (Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia).

+Wyoming.

+ Tennessee
+ Oklahoma
+ Montana
+ Kansas (I've seen a lot of polls which show Parkinson is popular)
+ Missouri

[Miles]

It's funny that the most popular Dem governors seem to be in the states that hate Obama the most (Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia).

Yep. States like KY, WV, and AR will elect popular Democratic governors on the state level, but those states are still trending Republican on the federal level.
In these states, there's a big difference between having a Democratic governor and sending a Democrat to Congress. Thats why Beebe is cruising and Lincoln is losing in a landslide.

[timmer123]

It's funny that the most popular Dem governors seem to be in the states that hate Obama the most (Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia).

Interesting. Do any blue state Democratic governors have a positive approval rating?

Jack Markel at Delaware.
John Lynch at New Hampshire.

New Hampshire isn't a Blue State.  Also, Lynch has more in common with Bebee than he does with the more Liberal Democrats.

But yeah--one of the biggest problems the Democrats have in their governor's races is that most of their popular incumbents are retiring.

Um... what "popular Democrat governors" are retiring?  Jim Doyle?  Jennifer Granholm?  Bill Richardson?  John Ritter?  David Patterson?  John Baldacci? 

Dave Freudenthal and Brad Henry yeah, but they look as much like Democrats as Michael Jackson looked black

[Niemeyerite]

It's funny that the most popular Dem governors seem to be in the states that hate Obama the most (Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia).

Interesting. Do any blue state Democratic governors have a positive approval rating?

Jack Markel at Delaware.
John Lynch at New Hampshire.

New Hampshire isn't a Blue State.  Also, Lynch has more in common with Bebee than he does with the more Liberal Democrats.

But yeah--one of the biggest problems the Democrats have in their governor's races is that most of their popular incumbents are retiring.

Um... what "popular Democrat governors" are retiring?  Jim Doyle?  Jennifer Granholm?  Bill Richardson?  John Ritter?  David Patterson?  John Baldacci? 

Dave Freudenthal and Brad Henry yeah, but they look as much like Democrats as Michael Jackson looked black

Phil Bredesen, Mark Parkinson..