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Webster Pushing Grayson out the Door in FL-08

Daniel Webster is trying to send Alan Grayson, another Harvard lawyer, a message: Liberalism’s reign is over. Latest poll from Sunshine State News shows Webster’s lead to still 7 points over Alan Grayson, but now it’s 48-41, compared to the 43-36 in September 25 poll.

Holding a steady 7-point lead over a controversial and increasingly malodorous incumbent, Republican Daniel Webster is poised to knock out U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, a new Sunshine State News Poll shows.

“Webster has to be the favorite here. Grayson has failed to turn his negative image around, and is still viewed in a negative light by a 55-38 margin,” said Jim Lee, president of Voter Survey Service, which conducted both polls. “This means Grayson has very little if any room to grow.”

“The key difference in the poll when compared to last time is that Webster is surging with independents, now leading them by a 48-33 margin over Grayson, which is a reversal from a 42-33 Grayson lead in the last poll (a net swing of 24 points),” Lee reported.

And it seems more and more Floridians have had enough of the Harvard lawyer Grayson’s nasty ads against Webster.

And the congressman’s rising unfavorable rating — now worse than Obama’s — appears to be downright lethal.

“Grayson’s favorable-unfavorable image is now a staggering negative ratio of 55-30, compared to a negative 47-36 ratio in September, so it’s apparent his TV campaign has completely backfired,” Lee said.

The Democrat’s bombastic, shoot-from-the-lip style caught the attention this week of conservative columnist George Will, who called Grayson “the worst politician in America.”

Citing highly negative and inaccurate ads that alternately labeled Webster “Taliban Dan” and a “draft dodger,” Will suggested that Grayson’s “vulgarity” and non-stop anger have caught up with the freshman lawmaker.

Noting that Grayson has even mocked Webster’s name as “18th century,” Will aptly quoted Massachusetts Sen. Daniel Webster (1782-1852): “Anger is not an argument.”

As someone who is supporting Daniel Webster financially but is not a resident of FL-08, please consider helping put Allan Grayson in the unemployment line. Sunshine State News points out

The Oct. 13 filings with the Federal Election Commission show Grayson has raised $5,120,846, with $814,741 cash on hand and $1,080,966 in debt. Webster reported raising $1,317,108, with $340,119 cash on hand and no debt.

Let’s force Obama to pay that million dollars in debt, and let Daniel Webster be the next Congressman from FL-08.

COMMENTS

  • Mike Ferguson

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  • IJB

    I’ve been saying this for months.

    But, forget the polls, forget the political forecasting – no Dem House incumbent will lose by a larger margin that Alan Grayson. Not even Betsy Markey will lose as bad as Grayson.

    He WILL lose about 40%-60% – the 41% he got in this recent poll is as high as he’s ever going to go (and this poll probably overstates Grayson’s support by a couple of percent!)…

  • distantvoter

    Charlie Cook almost never moves unindicted incumbents below tossup — until this year. This year, he has a nice long list of Democratic incumbents at “Lean Republican”.

    There is one man who isn’t on that list. He stands alone — the only Democratic incumbent on the “Likely Republican” list.

    He was part of the first batch to move to “Lean Republican”, but now he stands alone.

  • swami7774

    Don’t let the screen door hit you as you leave, Alan.

  • IJB

    I don’t think I’ve *ever* seen Cook put a sitting incumbent, with no festering legal/corruption issues, into the “Likely [opposite party]” category.

    (Notice that all of the other Dem seats that Cook has put into the “Likely Republican” category are all *open* seats…)

    If Cook’s done this, he must have seen some truly brutal polling results for Grayson coming out of FL-08!! :D

  • distantvoter

    Although you used an important word there. “Festering”.

    Grayson has all kinds of festering issues, after all. :-) Maybe Cook just thought “festering” and zapped him.

  • GregInFla

    Typical leftist, spending other people’s money before he even has it!

  • GregInFla

    And have nothing to show for it except debt.