[Coop]

Yeah, keep in mind that this poll is a Dem poll, but the media polls do show a small Carnahan lead. But I have no doubt that Talent will have plenty of resources to use to call out her voting record. Unfortunately I think he's going to have the usual "male picking on female" problem when criticizing her, compounded by her widow status. The good news is Dubya is pulling for him in a state Bush carried by about 9 points (if memory serves me correctly). I give an edge to the Widow, but in no way am I writing off Talent.

[GraniteStateConservative]

I give an edge to Jean, too, because she's an incumbent who hasn't done a bad job or broken any laws or been otherwise unethical-- and she has piles of cash. Still, it was only 2 years ago that Talent won over 1.1M votes in the state, and Bush and Ashcroft are more popular now than 2 years ago and that helps all Republicans statewide.

Oh, and Bush only won the state by 4 points.