Rasmussen: Montana, Burns bouncing back?

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Montana Senate: Burns Bouncing Back?

April 15, 2006--Republican Senator Conrad Burns still struggles below the 50% level of support in the latest Rasmussen Reports election poll. But, he has managed to arrest the steady slide provoked by his connections to indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Burns now leads State Senate President Jon Tester 47% to 44%. A month ago, Burns trailed Tester 46% to 43%. Two weeks ago, Burns had pulled even.

Burns now trails State Auditor John Morrison 47% to 45%. That, too, is an improvement for the incumbent. In each of our previous two polls, Burns had trailed Morrison by five points.

Morrison has been in the news lately for a 1998 extramarital affair with a woman whose future husband his office would investigate for securities fraud (he reports bringing in an outside lawyer to handle the investigation). So far, the matter doesn’t seem to reshaped voters' view of him. However, some Democratic strategists have expressed concern that these allegations could muddy the waters and weaken Morrison's ability to effectively raise corruption charges against Burns in the general election


http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/State%20Polls/April%202006/Montana%20Senate%20April.htm

[Guckert]

1. Burns will be sharing a cell with Jack and Randall be election day.

No worries

[Tiggeroshii]

6. LOL

[stepnw1f]

2. Hey Burns!

[DemFromMem]

3. This is good news

Do you really want Burns to implode now while there's a shot at getting a competitive replacement? He needs to keep his numbers up until the fall.

[kentuck]

4. Get used to it...

We will hear that with every Republican...including Katherine Harris

[Ignacio Upton]

5. Go Tester!

Morrison would also be a good candidate, but with a media that obsesses more over sex than helpful Abramoff, his affair will be spun into a "both candidates are corrupt" meme. Tester doesn't have this problem, and is just as electable as Morrison.