Terri Whitehouse January 12th, 2008

A recent poll conducted by Voter/Consumer Research is being trotted out as proof that Sen. Mitch McConnell is invincible in 2008’s general election. I think some people are believing that “defeatocrat” nonsense way too much, that somehow a supposed 61% approval will doom any bids to defeat McConnell this fall. Well, as a few commenters at Bluegrass Report point out, this poll was commissioned by McConnell himself, and one has to wonder about the methodology.

While I’m sure that the general public is a bit gun-shy about pollsters, particularly after being so far off base in New Hampshire, the new SUSA poll shows McConnell’s approval at under 50%, which is more in-line with recent trends in his approval rating. We don’t doubt that beating a career incumbent politician with a lot of name recognition and a history of pork barrel spending will be a difficult task. But as the death toll in Iraq continues to rise with no end in sight, and as Kentuckians tighten their purse strings in preparation for a recession, Sen. McConnell has made it clear over and over again that he is completely out-of-touch with the majority of Kentuckians. We’re up to the fight. Is he?

• 2008 KY U.S. Senate Race , Economy , Health Care , Iraq War , Mitch McConnell , Opinion Polls , Pork Spending , SCHIP
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