Hagan takes lead?
PPP says Greensboro Democrat Kay Hagan has a small lead in her U.S. Senate campaign against incumbent Republican Elizabeth Dole.
PPP’s Tom Jensen chalks the numbers up to the DSCC smacking Dole around with negative ads, which certainly makes sense. I would add to that the national Republicans basically punting on NC as contributing. Without their ads, there’s no counterweight to the DSCC ads.
But I’m suspicious of the numbers, as am of all poll numbers at this point. I think the far better reads will come in a couple weeks after both parties have ended their convention and there’s not so much noise in the political system. Still, this has to ad fuel to Hagan’s fundraising fire, letting her point to some numbers that shows she’s not only competitive but, by at least one measure, is winning.
