GOP Senate candidate cites Romney for bad poll numbers

[TomCADem]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) - A new poll out of Wisconsin this week shows Republican Senate candidate Tommy Thompson suddenly falling behind in his race against Democrat Tammy Baldwin.

Thompson is blaming the slip, in part, on the rocky campaign of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

"The presidential thing is bound to have an impact on every election," Thompson told Madison television station WKOW on Wednesday. "You know, whether you're a Democrat or Republican. If you're a standard-bearer for the presidency is not doing well, it's going to reflect on the down ballot."

The new poll - out Wednesday from Marquette University Law School - showed Thompson trailing Democrat Tammy Baldwin by nine points among likely voters in the Senate race, viewed as one of the most competitive in the country.


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[SoapBox]

1. Oh...Boo-Hoo!

What's the matter? Finding out that being a member of the Bully & Bagger Party, ain't so great?

[Journeyman]

2. Well then, Tommy, develop a party philosophy that'll attract better candidates. . .

of course, you probably won't fit within this new party, Tommy, but the rest of us will be better for it.

[davidpdx]

3. I'm glad Baldwin has finally gained a lead in the race

I wonder if the Koch brothers will do a last minute money dump into the race.

[oldsarge54]

4. Mark my Words

It is amazing, the blame game is already starting among Republicans and it is over a month to the election yet. The question is, what will the Republican Party be after the dust settles? Corporate money and Tea Party seems to be one block, taking the party toward the fascist ideology. Traditional Republicans, called RINOs by the others, are already being purged during the primaries in the Tea Party's gentler bloodless "Night of the Long Knives." Social conservatives will attach themselves to anyone that will promise them support for their Bible based end-run on the 1st Amendment. The question in my mind is whether the Tea Party will abscond with the Republican Party name or establish themselves as a blatant in your face conservative party? Will there be a rump Republican party, or a scattering of new independents and new Democrats that will bring the Democrats closer to the center than ever before? Any theories? Predictions, arguments, fantasies?

[tclambert]

5. Yes! Let's see that down-ticket Romney poison at work.

We need more Democrats in Congress. If Romney taints the whole Republican brand, GOOD!

[TomCADem]

6. Ironically, I Think Romney's Embrace Of The Right Wing Is Tainting Him!

If Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are seizing on the 47 percent comments as a "golden opportunity," while most sane folks are saying that the comments political suicide AND you embrace the right wing by pushing talking points about a maker class and a mooching class that further upsets moderates and the middle class, then you are going to have a problem.