OT, but for those from MA, it is the second poll showing Patrick up by double digits and Cahill

[Mass]

collapsing. I guess people here did not like his flirting with the tea party people.

http://www.telegram.com/article/20100526/NEWS/5260368/1052

New poll shows Patrick in lead
Gov. bests Baker by 13 points


By Glen Johnson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON — A new poll shows Democratic incumbent Deval L. Patrick opening up a double-digit lead over his Republican challenger in this year’s Massachusetts gubernatorial race, and independent candidate Timothy Cahill plummeting in the aftermath of a GOP advertising barrage.

A Suffolk University/WHDH-TV survey released Tuesday showed Patrick leading Republican Charles Baker 42 percent to 29 percent, a margin of 13 points. A similar survey in February had Patrick ahead 33 percent to 25 percent, an 8-point margin.

The poll also showed Cahill, the state’s treasurer, dropping after the Republican Governors Association targeted him with a $1 million negative advertising campaign. He had the support of 14 percent of those surveyed, compared with 23 percent in February.

The GOP has been concerned that Cahill, a former Democrat, could attract the same fiscally conservative voters Baker is targeting.

The fourth person in the race, Green-Rainbow Party candidate Jill Stein, had 8 percent of the vote, an improvement of 5 percentage points since February. Seven percent of respondents said they remained undecided.

Suffolk surveyed 500 registered voters from Thursday to Sunday. The poll had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.