Conventional Wisdom: Wrong?

For the past week, the scuttlebutt has been that Mark Kennedy's poll numbers in the MN 6th Congressional District were scary-bad - that Wetterling's numbers were challenging Kennedy's.

King tells us that reality is taking hold, thankfully:

Two big pieces of good news for the 6th District incumbent Mark Kennedy in his race with Patty Wetterling. First, WCCO released about 30 minutes ago a poll showing him ahead of Wetterling by 52-34, with 14% undecided. It's a relatively small poll of 351 likely 6CD voters, a district which typically identifies as 4-3 Republican. The margin of error is 5.3%. The margin of the poll is quite close to the margin with which Kennedy defeated Janet Robert in 2002.

It'd be wonderful if Wetterling polled just a little better than the inexcusable, moronic Robert. But the news for Kennedy is good, and it's a good thing.

More good news, says King: The St. Cloud Times has endorsed Kennedy.

Posted by Mitch at October 25, 2004 02:30 AM | TrackBack