Ras Poll: Washington Senate--Murray (D) 50% Rossi (R) 46%; Obama 53% approval

[WI_DEM]

(not as bad as I thought given that it's Ras):

Rasmussen
8/18/10; 750 likely voters, 4% margin of error
Mode: Automated phone
(Rasmussen release)

Washington

2010 Senate
50% Murray (D), 46% Rossi (R) (chart)

Favorable / Unfavorable
Dino Rossi: 53 / 43
Patty Murray: 52 / 45

Job Approval / Disapproval
Pres. Obama: 53 / 47
Gov. Gregoire: 44 / 52

[Phx_Dem]

1. That's odd, for a Rass poll. They must have gotten the Dem & GOP approval numbers

mixed up.

:P

[FBaggins]

11. Yes... particularly given the SurveyUSA poll that came out today.

Showing Rossi leading by seven.

They have about the same sample size (and are both LV polls) - and they were both taken at about the same time... but they can't both be correct.

I find myself rooting for Rasmussen for the first time in quite awhile.

[Phx_Dem]

2. Delete dupe

[cilla4progress]

3. Boy, talking about holding the quarterback accountable -

that Gov. Gregoire figure seems eminently unfair!

[maxsolomon]

4. well, i would disapprove of her if i ever got asked

she's got her head up her ass r.e. the viaduct replacement tunnel. she needs to tell WSDOT to make it work WITHOUT spending the entire treasury, but instead she seems like she's scared of them.

[cilla4progress]

5. Hmmmm......

[saltpoint]

6. Rossi is likely far worse than we imagine him to be,

and many of us feel he's comprehensively bad.

Go, Patty.

[MadMaddie]

7. I am with you saltpoint

Rossi is a real piece of crap. We have to work to get Patty back in.

[Dawson Leery]

8. I know she is favored, still

this race is for some reason competitive.

[saltpoint]

9. Yep. Patty is good people. I'm for whatever it takes to

let her keep her job, especially against a sinister thug like Rossi.

:hi:

[catgirl]

10. Patty's on the GOP hit list

Perhaps releasing it to the public will help motivate dems to work hard this fall. :-)

[Radical Activist]

12. I'm surprised its that close.

But a Rasmussen poll this far ahead of election day should be expected to favor Republicans anyway. This is one we need to win.