Outside Group’s Poll Shows Tightening Oklahoma Senate Primary

The special-election primary to replace resigning Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn is tightening after an advertising blitz benefiting Republican state Speaker T.W. Shannon.

A poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies on behalf of Oklahomans for a Conservative Future, an outside group backing Shannon, found the state speaker cutting into the early GOP primary lead of Rep. James Lankford. Lankford, who is the favorite to fill the remaining two years of Coburn’s term, led with 37 percent, followed by Shannon with 28 percent and former state Sen. Randy Brogdon with 7 percent.

A half dozen candidates are running to replace Coburn, a favorite among conservatives, who is stepping down at the end of the year. The special is following the state’s regular election schedule: If no candidate receives a majority of support in the June 24 primary, the top two finishers will face off in an Aug. 26 runoff and the winner will move on to November.

The new poll was conducted after the Oklahomans for a Conservative Future dropped $300,000 on TV advertising and direct mail in support of Shannon, with another $150,000 spent on ads by the Shannon campaign. Not surprisingly, pollster Glen Bolger found that the effort had boosted Shannon’s name ID to 74 percent, with 48 percent favorable and 5 percent unfavorable.

“The positive messaging has dramatically changed the status of the race,” Bolger wrote in a memo to the group.

A Lankford campaign internal poll conducted in early February found the congressman leading Shannon 47 percent to 17 percent, and a Harper Polling survey taken around the same time had Lankford ahead 54 percent to 18 percent.

Despite the discrepancy in Lankford’s numbers since those surveys, the new poll found he remains well regarded statewide, with a 54 percent favorable rating and 6 percent unfavorable.

Illinois vs. Oklahoma

This is very worth reading and forward immediately Snopes said it is true.

llinois vs Oklahoma

These two e-mails, the first about Illinois and the second about Oklahoma, made an interesting contrast..

"A State with No Republicans!" Very interesting...
Makes ya wanna move there, doesn't it?

-The Great State of Illinois.

Part 1--- Illinois

Some interesting data on the State of Illinois...There are more people on welfare in Illinois than there are people working. Chicago pays higher wages to teachers than anywhere else in the U.S.averaging $110,000/year. Their pensions average 80-90% of their income. Wow, are Illinois and Chicago great or what? Never heard it explained better.

Perhaps the U.S. should pull out of Chicago?

Body count: In the last six months:
292 killed (murdered) in Chicago.
221 killed in Iraq;
And Chicago has one of the strictest gun laws in the entire US.

Here's the Chicago chain of command:
President: Barack Hussein Obama
Senator: Dick Durbin
House: Jesse Jackson Jr.
Governor: Pat Quinn
House leader: Mike Madigan
Atty. Gen.: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike)
Mayor: Rohm Emanuel

The leadership inIllinois - all Democrats.

Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago. Of course, they're all blaming each other.

Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!

Chicago school system rated one of the worst in the country.

Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!

State pension fund $78 Billion in debt, worst in country.

Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!

Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country.

Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!

This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois. And he is going to 'fix' Washington politics for us?

George Ryan is no longer Governor, he is in prison.

He was replaced by Rob Blagoyavic who is, that's right, also in prison.

And Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned a couple of weeks ago, because he is fighting to not be sent to... that's right, prison.

The Land of Lincoln, where our governors make our license plates. What?

As long as they keep providing entitlements to the population of Chicago, nothing is going to change, except the state will go broke before the country does.

"Anybody who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian."

Don’t forget Detroit, another good example…

PART 2--- Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA - may soon have plenty of new residents!

THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING, AND TRUE... PLEASE READ IT!

Oklahoma is the only state that Obama did not win even one county in the last election...

While everyone is focusing on Arizona’s new law, look what Oklahoma has been doing!!!

An update from Oklahoma:

Oklahoma law passed, 37 to 9 an amendment to place the Ten Commandments on the front entrance to the state capitol. The feds in D.C., along with the ACLU, said it would be a mistake. Hey this is a conservative state, based on Christian values... HB 1330

Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway.

Oklahoma recently passed a law in the state to incarcerate all illegal immigrants, and ship them back to where they came from unless they want to get a green card and become an American citizen.

They all scattered.

HB 1804. This was against the advice of the Federal Government, and the ACLU, they said it would be a mistake.

Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway.

Recently we passed a law to include DNA samples from any and all illegal's to the Oklahoma database, for criminal investigative purposes. Madam Pelosi said it was unconstitutional SB 1102

Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway.

Several weeks ago, we passed a law, declaring Oklahoma as a Sovereign State, not under the Federal Government directives. Joining Texas, Montana and Utah as the only states to do so.

More states are likely to follow: Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Carolina's, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, West Virginia, Mississippi and Florida. Save your confederate money, it appears the South is about to rise up once again. HJR 1003

The federal Government has made bold steps to take away our guns. Oklahoma, last summer, passed a law confirming people in this have the right to open carry, in addition to previously passed concealed carry, and transport them in their vehicles. I'm sure that was a setback for the criminals. The Liberals didn't like it -- But....

Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway.

Recently, the state has voted and passed a law that ALL drivers’ license exams will be printed in English, and only English, and no other language. They have been called racist for doing this, but the fact is that ALL of the road signs are in English only. If you want to drive in Oklahoma, you must read and write English. Really simple.

By the way, the Liberals don't like any of this either.

Guess what... who cares...Oklahoma is doing it anyway.

If you like it, pass it on, if you don't then delete it... Thanks.

Guess what: the people You send this to, will send it on. Well, at least the ones who love and believe in freedom will. Most of the ones who voted for Obama would have voted for "Jack the Ripper" if he had been black -- the absolute epitome of racism in America.

In God We Trust

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