Allen West down by 9 points in Fla.!

[sufrommich]

Firebrand Florida Rep. Allen West is losing his reelection fight by a 9-point margin to Democrat Patrick Murphy, according to a poll taken for the Democratic group House Majority PAC.

The survey, taken by the firm Garin-Hart-Yang Research and shared by a source with POLITICO, found Murphy leading West, 52 percent to 43 percent.

There's been a dribble of conflicting polling information coming out of the South Florida race lately: West released a poll last week showing him ahead of Murphy by 9 points, while a different GOP poll found Murphy up by 4 points.

There's reason to take the House Majority PAC poll seriously. Not only is it taken by a gold-plated Democratic pollster, it's also weighted significantly in the GOP direction. The poll sample was composed of 44 percent Republicans and 37 percent Democrats -- a stronger GOP lean than the actual congressional district.
http://www.politico.com//blogs/burns-haberman/2012/09/dem-poll-allen-west-trailing-by-in-reelection-bid-137074.html

[SunSeeker]

1. Bitchin!

[CoffeeCat]

2. He's a very vitriolic person and he comes across...

...like an asshole.

I guess that didn't play well in Florida.

Truth be told--I think Romney is taking down the entier party with him. I think voters have decided that they have "seen" the Republicans this year (Akin, Romney and the rest of the crazies) and they've said, "No thanks."

[Shrike47]

3. Oh please let it be true!

West is uniquely offensive among Republicans.

[Botany]

4. Boy can you imagine waking up 11/7/12 and finding out that

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West, King, Bachmann, Cantor, and Ryan are all gone from the House?



Botany = walking up why didn't somebody call me?

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. I would think that I had died and gone to heaven.

Are these poll numbers for real? I just got here, I'll have to look around.

[TroyD]

8. Well this is an internal Democratic poll, so it could be overstating the numbers

Sometimes internal polls have a tendency to do that.

But the GOP-leaning Kimball poll also shows Murphy up (by +4) so one way or another it looks like there's some momentum there.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

11. I will be going to sleep as I find that out. Hehe. nt

[Plucketeer]

17. I'd be wondering if I

weren't still dreaming! West is truly offensive. And Bachmann is next in line as far as I'm concerned.

[donquijoterocket]

19. I'd add

With your permission,Missouri's Akin to this list of certifiables. One can only hope McCaskill beats him for the Senate seat.He is certifiable as are the rest of your list and with him gone the country is better off.

[PearliePoo2]

5. Fantastic!

I understand that Alan Grayson is ahead too! Chip...chip...chip! Take back the House!!
I want to hear the words, "Madame Speaker" AGAIN!!

[backscatter712]

7. I would love to see nothing more than seeing Uncle Ruckus kicked out of Congress! n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. Don't toy with my emotions like that. nt

[Walk away]

10. Lucky Allen. Now he can get a job at Fox like Palin and Huckabee.

Bye!

[socialaidem]

12. Great News

I think after his comments on Social Security, seniors started to rally against him.

[Playinghardball]

13. BRAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA

[Bette Noir]

14. This is great news. I'd like to see the crazies out of office.

[SoapBox]

15. Oh my gosh...

can we only hope that this Evil POS will be out.

Keep up the hard work Florida!

[flamingdem]

16. Great news!

Really how could any sane person vote for West, yeeech.

[tblue]

18. He's a war criminal. Never should have been eligible to run in the first place.

I will celebrate when he is gone!

[lillypaddle]

20. Wouldn't that be great

to be rid of some of these psychopaths.

[Stevepol]

21. One very important poll not yet taken

is a sampling of the electronic voting machine vendors.

[TeamPooka]

22. please please please

let him lose

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. My GF And I Were Living In Ft. Lauderdale The Summer Of 010

I used to see impromptu campaign demonstrations for him. I thought it was a joke. Little did I know.

[rocktivity]

24. CUE THE VONAGE THEME!

Come on, Florida -- let's get him out and Grayson in!


rocktivity

[pstokely]

25. Faux news is waiting is for him

nt

[Daniel537]

26. West out, Grayson in

Imagine the wingnut heads exploding.

[davidpdx]

27. The trifecta West/Ryan/Cantor

I'm sure the Black Congressional Delegation would love to see West gone.