Republican Senate candidate Johnny Isakson is not as strong as once believ

[RubyDuby in GA]

I know this is much longer than you're probably supposed to put in here, but this is good news, so I'll risk it.

And before we begin: Get out your checkbooks people - it's that important!

Email from GA Dem Party today:

We thought you would be interested in the following letter to Chairman Bobby Kahn from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Washington.  A recent Global Strategy Group poll showed that Republican Senate candidate Johnny Isakson is not as strong as once believed.  Democratic candidate Denise Majette is running a strong campaign and currently trails by only 46% - 41%.

It is no surprise that Rep. Isakson is running behind expectations.  He has run for statewide office twice before and lost both times, including a particularly disastrous U.S. Senate campaign in 1996.  

Isakson currently polls lower than Pres. Bush in Georgia, despite running a multi-million-dollar primary campaign against two weak opponents who barely challenged him. 

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Dear Bobby,

I have some good news to share with you straight from the campaign trail. A recent poll conducted for the DSCC shows the race for the Senate is tightening in Georgia and Republican candidate Johnny Isakson is not as strong as once believed. He now leads Democratic Congresswoman Denise Majette <http://action.dscc.org/ct/Jp1vWP51yj-D/> by a slimmer than expected margin of 46% - 41%. Majette <http://action.dscc.org/ct/Jp1vWP51yj-D/> is putting together a good campaign, she had a tremendous reception in a meeting with the Democratic Senate caucus yesterday and we are encouraged by her recent progress in the race.  Below you'll find the polling memo and a great Roll Call story on Congresswoman Majette <http://action.dscc.org/ct/Jp1vWP51yj-D/> which ran today.

This is a race that we'll be monitoring. With only 55 days left until Election Day, we'll keep you posted on the latest developments from Georgia to Alaska.

Sincerely,

Paul Tewes,
DSCC Political Director

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Global Strategy Group

MEMORANDUM

To: Interested Parties
From: Harrison Hickman
Re: Recent Georgia Poll Results
Date: September 7, 2004

Our recent poll about the U. S. Senate race in Georgia finds Republican Johnny Isakson leading Democrat Denise Majette by a margin of 46% - 41% (48% - 43% among definite voters). Each Representative enjoys overwhelming support from voters who identify with their party with and Isakson holding a slight advantage among independents. Majette enjoys a larger lead among African-American voters (79% - 9%), while Isakson hold a two-to-one margin among whites (58% - 29%).

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Candidate character (19% mention), experience (14%), health care (12%), education (11%), taxes (10%), and jobs (9%) are the factors voters cite most frequently as determining their preferences in the Senate race.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION: This memo summarizes the results of a poll of 600 randomly selected registered voters in the state of Georgia who say they probably or definitely will vote in the November 2nd election. Telephone interviewing was conducted August 26-30, 2004.The sampling error associated with a sample of 600 is 4.0, which means that the results of this survey are within 4.0 percentage points, plus or minus of the results that would have been obtained from interviewing the entire population of likely voters. The sampling error for subgroups is greater.

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Democrats Not Giving Up on Georgia

By Lauren W. Whittington
Roll Call Staff
September 9, 2004

Despite the widely held perception that Democrats have written off the Georgia Senate race, party strategists are now focusing renewed attention and resources on the uphill campaign of Rep. Denise Majette (D-Ga.).

Majette, the first black woman to be nominated for Senate in the state, addressed the Senate Democratic Caucus yesterday and is scheduled to meet with Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Jon Corzine (N.J.) today to discuss her race against Rep. Johnny Isakson (R).

"We have a good candidate and she has tremendous desire, a great heart and I think people will recognize it as she gets known in the state," Corzine said Tuesday.

Still, the DSCC chairman stopped short of making any financial commitment to the open-seat race down the stretch, although he expressed guarded optimism about the potential for a top-tier race to materialize.

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[alilenas]

1. This is a winnable seat

I've always thought that with a little money and a bit of hard campaigning that Majette could win this seat, It's been interesting to see attention being paid to Farmer's campaign in Missouri and Mongiardo's in Kentucky when Majette is much closer and this is a more than winnable seat for the Democrats.

[RubyDuby in GA]

2. Couldn't agree with you more

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[RubyDuby in GA]

4. I am sorry

It was sent to me as an email from a friend working with Majette.
I'll keep my posts much shorter from now on.