Open Season on Democrats: Shea-Porter’s Odds Get Shorter
It’s too early to say that she’s toast, but “lightly toasted” certainly isn’t an exaggeration. Shea-Porter’s vote for the health care bill was a monumental mistake that caused her favorability ratings to drop from +11% in October to -5% in November, according to a Granite State poll.
Jill Bandes at TownHall.com
This is part of a series that Townhall.com’s National Political Reporter Jillian Bandes is doing on electorally vulnerable Democrats called “Open Season.”
Rep. Shea-Porter (D-N.H.) is going to have a tough time sleeping tonight. That’s because a new poll is set to be released on her upcoming re-election bid.
Most analysts expect it to show even more damning results than her last poll, which showed that she would lose to no less than four GOP competitors in a hypothetical November matchup. Even more telling was that the Congresswoman couldn’t break 40% against any of those competitors.
It’s too early to say that she’s toast, but “lightly toasted” certainly isn’t an exaggeration. Shea-Porter’s vote for the health care bill was a monumental mistake that caused her favorability ratings to drop from +11% in October to -5% in November, according to a Granite State poll. That means 35% of New Hampshire residents currently view her favorably and 40% don’t.
Those popularity ratings are compounded by the extensive negative press Shea-Porter has received over a series of downright ridiculous speeches and interviews, which have been sliced and diced on YouTube to produce one of the most outrageous conglomerations of verbal gaffes in political history.
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