Ras Ohio Senate: Portman: 44% Fisher: 40%

[WI_DEM]

Rasmussen
8/2/10; 750 likely voters, 4% margin of error
Mode: Automated phone
(Rasmussen release)

Ohio

2010 Senate
44% Portman (R), 40% Fisher (D) (chart)

Favorable / Unfavorable
Rob Portman: 46 / 27
Lee Fisher: 40 / 41

Job Approval / Disapproval
Pres. Obama: 46 / 53 (chart)
Gov. Strickland: 43 / 54 (chart)

(I don't buy that Portman has a +19 favorable rating. If he does then Fisher has to begin tying him to Bush--he was the budget director so he helped blow the biggest surplus in history. Also it shows so far Fisher has 69% of the Dem vote compared to Portman having 85% of GOP--so I think there is room for Fisher to grow).

[Botany]

1. Fisher is gonna get his ass kicked

n/t

[WI_DEM]

3. Why, other polls including PPP have Fisher ahead. Ras has a GOP bias and Portman is up by only 4

[Jennicut]

6. I think Fisher has a really good chance actually. This IS Rasmussen, after all.

[Phx_Dem]

7. I wouldn't bet the farm on that just yet. n/t

[liberal N proud]

2. Portman has a plan

Cut the taxes for the wealthy so that the government can afford less and has to make more cuts, then there will be less revenue to collect taxes on and then the government has to make more cuts and the death spiral of government works.

This guy is dangerous.

[Yavin4]

4. Americans will Vote Food Off of their Table

Vote themselves out of work, and vote themselves into poverty all based on the hope and the theory that rich people will create new jobs because of a 3% tax savings.

[DCBob]

5. Its Ras.. add 5, subtract 5 = Fisher 45% Portman 39%

sounds about right.