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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: tejek who wrote (302859)9/12/2006 12:17:57 PM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (1) of 1577902
 
Cantwell widens her lead
McGavick's DUI goof may be a factor

By NEIL MODIE
P-I REPORTER

Coupled with Sen. Maria Cantwell's TV advertising blitz, Republican challenger Mike McGavick's mishandled disclosure of a 1993 drunken-driving arrest might be damaging his poll numbers and how electable national pundits see him to be.

Those perceptions are factors that influence the national flow of campaign money, which Cantwell already has much more of than her opponent.

In the wake of news reports contradicting aspects of McGavick's DUI confession, Cantwell has surged to a 17percentage-point lead over him in a new survey of Washington voters taken Sept. 6 by Rasmussen Reports, a national, independent polling firm..

"The first election poll in Washington since the (DUI) story broke shows ... Cantwell leading 52 percent to 35 percent," the Rasmussen Reports Daily Snapshot said in a sketchy, preliminary report Monday.
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