Posted on 02/20/2017 12:11:03 PM PST by drewh
Former presidential candidate Carly Fiorina and national radio host Laura Ingraham are polling dead even in the Virginia Senate race, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Friday.
The two would face off in a Republican Primary before challenging Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who recently concluded his bid for vice president under Hillary Clinton. Both Fiorina and Ingraham are polling at 36 percent in a head-to-head against Kaine.
Kaine fared better over Fiorina, earning 57 percent compared to her 36 percent, one percent better than he fared against Ingraham. Kaine earned 56 percent against the conservative radio host.
Neither woman was able to secure the female vote, each trailed Kaine by 23 percent.
There is a certain similarity to how Virginia voters see Republican officials and potential GOP candidates these days. As was evident in the Quinnipiac University poll earlier this week that showed the Democratic candidates for governor were running better than their Republican counterparts, the same pattern holds true for President Donald Trump’s job approval and for an early look at Sen. Tim Kaine’s reelection prospects,” Assistant Director of the poll Peter A. Brown wrote in a statement.
Kaine benefits from a relatively high approval rating. Fifty-seven percent of all voters support Kaine’s record in the Senate, and 37 percent disapprove. Ingraham only earned a 27 percent approval rating, and Fiorina was slightly higher with a 32 percent approval rating.
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Fiorina knows how to fire people. Just ask the many ex-HP employees with their broken lives.
>>Somehow Laura is not “female” enough for the leftist female-loving females of VA.<<
The only ones female enough for that have a johnson.
Right.on.
It really is not.
The US Senate houses the most arrogant, useless, pointless people on earth.
I would not let a US senator walk my dog around the block.
I like to tell store clerks that my son wears a size extra medium. It's about the same thing.
Hillary only won by 5 points with Kaine on the ballot. Outside of Northern Virginia, Richmond and parts of Hampton Roads it is deep red.
The challenge is getting out EVERYONE who voted for Trump in the rural areas out in an off-year election - if they come out, the GOP (and not GOPe) wins.
Correction, midterm election (seeing how it is 2018), but the left often skips them anyway.
Republicans outnumber Democrats 2 to 1 in the state house and have control (barely) in the state senate. Virginia is deep red in local elections, but purple statewide.
So Carly adds “carpetbagger” to her resume?
“Fiorina knows how to fire people. Just ask the many ex-HP employees with their broken lives.”
Meg is even better at it. :(
It appears she’s been living in Virginia for several years now.
The only thing viable for her would be that she could write large checks to compete with Kaine in resources in a race the national party is not likely to target as a pickup opportunity.
She can’t play cancer card.
I would choose Laura over CF. But why should it come to that??
One of them should move to another state to take on another lame DemonRat.
I had a neighbor the worked for AT&T. He noticed that Fiorina didn’t know what she was doing at the head of his division, saw the handwriting on the wall before it was writ, and managed to transfer to Bell Labs well in advance of the announcement of the facility closing.
Laura is the better candidate by far. Fiorina has that globalist stench about her.
Is that Pajama Boy standing next to her?
Laura can argue her point like no other
I will support Laura, I will not vote for Cruz’s VP, period.
I’d consider it a low-priority, but not a fringe, pickup opportunity, and would have it as Likely D right now.
That said, if that seat flips back to red, it is likely that the GOP will have a filibuster-proof majority after the 2018 elections. IMO, the likelihood of seats flipping (in order of chance of GOP win IMO) are:
43 Republicans not up
44 to 49 - Alaska, Mississippi, Nebraska, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming (Safe R)
50 - Texas (Very Likely R) <— controls Senate with win
51 - Arizona (Likely R)
52 - Missouri (Likely R pickup)
53 - Indiana (Likely R pickup)
54 - North Dakota (Leaning R pickup)
55 - Wisconsin (Leaning R pickup)
56 - Montana (Tossup)
57 - West Virginia (Tossup)
58 - Ohio (Tossup)
59 - Nevada (Tossup)
60 - Pennsylvania (Tossup) <— filibuster proof with win
61 - Florida (Tossup)
62 - Maine (Tossup)
63 - Michigan (Leaning D)
64 - Virginia (Likely D)
65 - New Jersey (Likely D)
66 - Minnesota (Likely D)
67 - New Mexico (Very Likely D) <— veto proof with win
68 to 77 - California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington (Safe D)
23 Democrats not up
Now if there are really good candidate picks, even the safe seats may not be, and surely things will move as the race unfolds. New Jersey is Likely D mainly because the incumbent is facing indictment and has low approval ratings.
60 is definitely in reach, 67 is a REAL stretch but not impossible. I’d say the absolute best case scenario for the GOP is 67 seats, while the worst case scenario is a 51-49 Dem majority.
Laura has acknowledged that she is considering a run for the senate in Virginia, but she’ll probably have to delay announcing any definite decision as long as she has her radio show.
And I will not be surprised if she runs for president some day.
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