"May 13, 2006--The latest Rasmussen Reports election poll in Nebraska shows Democratic Senator Ben Nelson leads former Ameritrade COO Pete Ricketts (R) 54% to 35% (see crosstabs). Conducted the night after Ricketts won the Republican primary, the new survey shows little change from our pre-primary poll in April. "
geez Rickets just won a contested primary give him a chance to get his campaign going
if these numbers look the same by the end of the summer then Nelson is safe but keep in mind Nelson barely won last time around so a good well run campaign should flip this seat. Can this guy do it? like i said wait and see the numbers after the summer
I think that Ricketts best shot is going to be to nationalize this election. Like I said before, with Nelson in there Nebraska has cancelling Senators on a range of issues. In order to have a national voice, they need both Senators rowing in the same direction.
As I said in #60, I will move Nebraska out of "Safe" and into the "Contests" area as Doubtful GOP (30% chance) on my next update. Hopefully Ricketts will continue to move up through the summer.