An incumbent with a virtual 100% name ID and only 44% favorability rating?
Any rational interpretation of this polling data would suggest that Reid is toast.
The Reid campaign may want to talk up that this poll, or this election, is all about his opponent, but a 44% favor rating is a ticket to private employment. I’d be talking about ANYTHING other than his numbers, as well.
Relax. There is plenty of time for Name ID parity to build for Angle in this election cycle. Once that is achieved, Mr. 44% is toast.
If the partisan interpretation of the above poll (which is devastating for a sitting incumbent) scares you, donate a ten spot (or two or ten) to the Angle campaign.
Right but it's gotta get going, now like this weekend...
"Pat Toomey has a nice start on this with the ads he is running in PA. It already has the usual suspects running off and crying to Obama’s Speech Police."
And this raises a great point -- the candidates pay these Svengali's upwards of 20K a month before the media bill and why isn't Angle's factotum looking at effective ads like Toomey's from every angle (no pun intended) and gleaning the most visceral appeals?!
You'd think (a) it's as simple as best practices -- but we'd all be shocked to know how much of this campaign crap is, even despite focus grouping, produced ad hoc / friend of a friend (Re: Skank & John-boy) / money pit; and (b) you'd also think there'd be a clearinghouse to review/analyze these ads (RCP took a shot at it I think two Pres cycles ago and didn't keep it up). Money to be made for some enterprising sort...