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New polls show McConnell in trouble ? MSNBCI think Turtle McConnell has been under the spotlight for a while now. Mostly his missteps.It is interesting that nobody is ever going after the Senate.
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A new poll released Thursday night by Alison Lundergan Grimes campaign shows trouble for Team McConnell.
A poll by the Mellman Group shows Grimes, the Democratic secretary of state, leading Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell by two points, 44% to 42%. This comes the same day as Public Policy Polling, a left-leaning firm, showed Grimes ahead by one. Both results fall within the margin of error.
The Mellman poll shows Grimes leading among independents, 35% to 28%, and with an even higher margin among moderates, 56% to 23%.
Grimes lead isnt insurmountableexcept that McConnells approval ratings suggest that hell have a hard climb. The Mellman poll shows McConnells job disapproval ratings at 58%.
McConnell has been plagued with low approval ratings and PPPs most recent survey showed 51% of Kentucky voters disapproved of the job hes been doing. Lundergan Grimes campaign adviser Jonathan Hurst told MSNBC.com Thursday that McConnells unpopularity is not surprising and that Kentucky voters are tired of the obstruction.