{"id":585,"date":"2009-03-12T13:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/03\/12\/breaking-murphy-pulls-within-4-points-of-tedisco\/"},"modified":"2009-03-12T13:37:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T17:37:00","slug":"breaking-murphy-pulls-within-4-points-of-tedisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/03\/12\/breaking-murphy-pulls-within-4-points-of-tedisco\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Murphy pulls within 4 points of Tedisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new poll released today by Siena College<\/a> shows big trouble for Republican Jim Tedisco, the veteran Assemblyman and GOP minority leader from Schenectady.<\/p>\n

First the momentum question: The first poll released in this contest showed Tedisco up 20 points. That number has now faded to just 4 points, according to Siena.<\/p>\n

With two weeks to go, Murphy is now within striking distance. These numbers mean that national Democrats will be pouring in resources as fast as humanly (politically? legally?) possible.<\/p>\n

Before moving on to the second tier issues (some of them even more problematic for Tedisco) here’s the Republican’s response:
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The campaign has said from the very beginning that this race will be a competitive, hard-fought contest. <\/span>The facts are that Jim Tedisco has led in every single poll, he continues to lead and he is taking nothing for granted. <\/span>Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Washington Democrats and their special interest allies have spent millions on false and misleading advertising in a desperate attempt to try to distort Jim\u2019s proven record. <\/span>Upstate working families won\u2019t be fooled. <\/span>They know Jim Tedisco and trust his proven record of public service and fighting for them. <\/span>Wall Street millionaire Scott Murphy has no record of public service, which is why he continues running from his murky past and keeps lying about Jim Tedisco.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here are some other issues that Team Tedisco has to wrestle with:<\/p>\n

1. The Republican’s support among independent voters has <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>faded dramatically, shifting from a 45-31% advantage to a 37-43% deficit. Basically, the more independent voters learn about the two candidates, the more they’re shifting to Murphy.<\/p>\n

2. Tedisco’s support in the once staunchly conservative North Country is imploding. In the last Siena poll, Murphy (from Glens Falls) held a 2-point lead. His advantage is now a whopping 25%.<\/p>\n

3. Tedisco is only holding 65% of Republicans. A quarter of registered GOP voters say they’ll side with Murphy. Democratic voters are much more locked in, siding with Murphy 72% of the time. (Only 17% of Democrats say they’ll go for Tedisco.)<\/p>\n

4. One more problem for Tedisco: In this GOP-heavy district, the two most popular politicians are Democrats: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (78% approval rating) and President Barack Obama (65% approval rating). <\/p>\n

5. Eric Sundwall supporters have been eager for news of their candidate the two polls that have mentioned him so far put the Libertarian at 1-4%.<\/p>\n

This is still Jim Tedisco’s race to lose, but he has to find some new messages and new lines of attack quickly. Fire away with your comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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