Before the latest, review the chart on Jed's diary because it says it all. Rasmussen is a GOP tool that uses his polls to try to swing opinion against Democrats. His polls always skew conservative...some more blatant than others. Scott Rasmussen has no credibility to begin with.
On the generic ballot question, in any given timeframe, Rasmussen always has the most pro-Republican results. Every. Single. Time. Without fail.
Kos said as much a month ago
Yesterday the nation had several hot races, including the House special election in PA-12, primaries in both parties in Kentucky and Arkansas, and the Democratic Senate primary in Pennsylvania.
And somehow, Rasmussen was nowhere to be found. Yet this past week, Rasmussen found time to poll Colorado, California, and those burning Idaho senate and governor races. He even polled the general election in Arkansas, ignoring the imminent primaries -- the better to show Arkansas Republican primary voters who their strongest candidate was.
You see, the thing about Rasmussen is that he cares only about setting the narrative that Democrats are doomed. And it's hard to build those narratives if you screw up polling actual elections.
Which brings me to today's bombshell, that the conservative prognasticator at Election Projection was all to happy to taut:
On Wednesday, Sharron Angle's victory in Tuesday's Nevada Senate primary pushed Democrat Harry Reid to the front in his 2010 re-election bid. Yesterday, however, Rasmussen released a poll of the race giving Angle a comfortable 11-point advantage.
Give. Me. A Break.
The Election Projection's blogger, Scott Elliot, is an unabashed right-wing conservative, but he claims that he keeps his blogs seperate from his "analysis". By using this ridiculous poll by Rasmussen, he can put that claim to bed. The more honorable Electoral-Vote.com will not use a poll that shows an outlier way outside the other results.
All of the other polls show Reid ahead or a statistical tie. This was acknowledged by Elliot the day before(emphasis mine):
Now that Sharron Angle, the Tea Party favorite in the race, has won the GOP primary, Reid's prospects have improved even more. Angle carries the right kind of conservative label to suit the Tea Partiers, but she also carries no small load of baggage with her into the general election. Polls currently show Reid ahead by just a point or two, but that's enough to flip this race from Weak GOP Gain to Weak DEM Hold. A GOP majority in the Senate looks a bit less likely after this change.
I find it implausible that since her victory in the primary, where all of her extremist views came into light (favoring toxic waste at Yucca, favoring prohibition [will go over well in Vegas], thinks fluoride is a Commie plot, argues for abolishing SS and Medicare, etc.) and hiding out from the press, that suddenly she shoots up to a commanding lead.
But that is the narrative that Scott Rasmussen is TRYING to set.
Let's make sure we counter this sheister with reality.
UPDATE: New Rasmussen poll for Maryland Guber showing Ehrlich tied with Martin O'Malley. Once again, the only poll showing a dead heat: Maryland is 2-1 Democratic.