Rasmussen: Casey lead in single digits

[Tiggeroshii]

Pennsylvania Senate:

Will Pro-Life Stance Cost Casey?
April 5, 2006--You know an incumbent is in tough shape when it's considered good news that his challenger is just nine points ahead, but that's where Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (R) finds himself seven months before Election 2006.

The latest Rasmussen Reports election poll in the Keystone State shows Democrat Bob Casey leading Santorum 50% to 41%. That's the first time in all six polls we've conducted on this race that Casey's lead has slipped to single digits. It's also the first time Santorum has moved above the 40% mark since last July.
....

After asking survey respondents who they would vote for, we informed them that the National Organization for Women (NOW) is concerned about Casey on the abortion issue and is endorsing another candidate in the primary. We then asked a second time about how each respondent would vote.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/March%202006/Pennsylvania%20Senate%20March%20Followup.htm

-------------------------

This almost looks like pushpolling. They asked them who they preferred and Casey is trampling Santorum, then they asked them a question and the result shifts dramatically. It almost looks like opinion-shopping rather than opinion-gathering...