Eric Massa vrooom
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 10/7-8. Likely voters. MoE 5% (No trend lines)Kuhl (R) 42
Massa (D) 49-snip
Because this one is ridiculously good news.
O2B candidate Eric Massa is obviously running a fantastic race -- winning independents by double digits, winning over 12 percent of Republicans while losing only 5 percent of Democrats, and sitting just a hair-width away from taking a seat he lost by just three percentage points in 2006. In fact, Eric Massa has outraised wife abuser Randy "Shotgun" Kuhl by a narrow margin, something you don't see every day. Incumbents usually vastly outraise challengers, but Massa ran a great race in 2006, and has learned the right lessons from his first bid last cycle to kick it up even higher.
Remember, this ain't an easy district -- Bush won it 56-42 in 2004. But Obama is winning it 48-45 this time around, making it easier for downticket candidates like Massa to ride the wave. But in this district, I think Massa may be carrying a few coattails for Obama himself. NY-29 is the slice of red in the southwestern tip of NY
Eric, of course, was General Clark's aide when Clark was Supreme Commander of NATO.
