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KS-Sen: Roberts leads Slattery 52-40 |
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Written by Stumo
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
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This is the only poll
of this race I'm aware of. Senator Roberts aggressively pushed
U.S. farm policy towards a "free trade" based approach, claiming we
would export our way to prosperity. His 1996 "Freedom to Farm"
bill was a big giveaway to Cargill, Tyson and ADM. Too bad his
numbers were astoundingly wrong. We have lost our ag surplus.
Roberts has never seen a trade agreement he did not like, and probably
has not read one.
Jim Slattery is the challenger. He was a KS Congressman
until 1994, when he was beaten in the Gingrich revolution. He is
for trade reform, and for enforcing the rules.
This is the first serious poll conducted in the race. Rasmussen is a top tier polling outfit. The 12 point deficit is surprisingly close. Slattery
has been out of the public eye for 14 years. No Democrat has been
elected to the Senate in Kansas since 1932. So I would expect a
25+ point deficit.
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