September 02, 2010 09:19 PM UTC

Bloodbath update: Gardner 50 - Markey 39

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• by: H-man

The first public poll in House District 4 was released. https://americanactionforum.org… And yes it does seem to have a flaw in it.  It undercounts the likely Republican vote. Cory Gardner leads Betsy Markey 50 to 39. There is a story about the ppolling in the Coloradoan. https://www.coloradoan.com/arti…

Gardner offered the following explanation, which seems to have rather general applicability for his lead:

“Being a rubber stamp for Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama’s failed economic policies and healthcare takeover has taken a heavy toll on Betsy Markey.”

The details of the poll are even worse for Markey than the top lines.  Aside from the less than 50% marker as an incumbent this late in the cycle which fortells her defeat, her popularity in her district is attrocious.  Her 50% unfavorability rating tops even Michael Bennet who sits at 49%.

Some of the other interesting findings in the poll include:

> Thirty-five percent of voters said Markey deserved re-election and 56 percent said it was time for someone else to hold the seat.

> Sixty-eight percent of district voters think the country is on the wrong track, and only 25 percent think it’s on the right track.

> In an open-ended question, 52 percent of voters cited the economy and jobs as the most important issue facing the country.

> Fifty-five percent of voters oppose the health-care reform bill passed in to law earlier this year, compared to 38 percent who supported the bill. Markey voted for the final version of the bill in March after voting against a different version in November.

Whatever happened to the summer of recovery and healthcare reform would be popular by the election that the House sacrificial lambs were promised?  On the economy front, now former Chair of the Presidents Economic Advisiors, Christina Romer, had there calming insights at the National Press Club yesterday:

She had no idea how bad the economic collapse would be. She still doesn’t understand exactly why it was so bad. The response to the collapse was inadequate. And she doesn’t have much of an idea about how to fix things.

What she did have was a binder full of scary descriptions and warnings, offered with a perma-smile and singsong delivery: “Terrible recession. . . . Incredibly searing. . . . Dramatically below trend. . . . Suffering terribly. . . . Risk of making high unemployment permanent. . . . Economic nightmare.”

It appears that the economy will no more likely recover by November 2, than the political career of Betsy Markey