On Friday I posted a diary stating that Josh Lanier was going to throw his hat in the ring for the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in Georgia.
Today, Zogby released a poll with this headline....Zogby Poll: GA U.S. Senate Race Could Be Toss Up
Chambliss re-election rating below 40%; Poll finds him vulnerable to Josh Lanier challenge. This was a blind bio poll....
UPDATE - I changed the title a bit. It has been so hard breaking through the presidential diaries that I wanted to have something that would catch your eye.
More after the flip....
A new Zogby Interactive poll of likely voters in Georgia shows less than 40% of likely Georgia voters believe incumbent Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss deserves re–election. The survey also shows that he is locked in a statistical dead heat with former Senate staffer and new Democratic challenger Josh Lanier when their names and party affiliations are stripped from the question and just their biographies and key positions are provided to likely voters.
When Chambliss’ biography is matched against the bio and positions of Lanier, the survey shows Lanier’s bio wins 47% support, compared to 45% who would favor Chambliss’ bio. Another 8% said they were uncertain whom to support.
This is great news indeed. I wonder if the DSCC is going to take notice. We have got to get Shameless outta there. Another interesting point is that 62% said they support voluntary public financing. Lanier has said he will run his campaign following the proposed Fair Elections Now Act.