Blumenthal’s Career Is Finished
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Whether he admits it or not, Richard Blumenthal’s political career is finished. The firestorm his ‘misstatements’ have caused are showing in Scott Rasmussen’s polling:
Following a New York Times report that he exaggerated his military record, Democratic Senate hopeful Richard Blumenthal has lost ground in match-ups against all his potential Republican challengers in Connecticut.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Connecticut finds Blumenthal with just a three-point advantage over Linda McMahon, 48% to 45%. Two weeks ago, he led the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment by 13 percentage points. The New York Times story broke late Monday; the survey was taken Tuesday evening.
When matched against former GOP Congressman Rob Simmons, Blumenthal leads by 11 - 50% to 39%. Two weeks ago, the longtime state attorney general held a 23-point lead over Simmons.
Though it ended decades ago,lying about one’s service in Vietnam is toxic, which Mr. Blumenthal is finding out the hard way.
To compound the matter, Mr. Blumenthal said that “I may have misspoke…I did misspeak on a few occasions out of hundreds of times that I spoke…I will not allow anyone to take a few of those misplaced words and impugn my record of service.” (more…)