Polling from CT-2 House race - very close!

Jim Sullivan, the fire-breathing progressive Democrat running to unseat Republibot Russel Simmons in CT-2, just mailed me the results of an internal poll as part of his asking for more money.  The 2nd district of CT covers the less thickly settled Northern and eastern parts of the state, including the cities of Norwich, Storrs, and Willimantic, and is currently the most Democratic district in the country to be represented by a Republibot (Bush got 40% in 2000.).

Voting for:
Simmons 41
Sullivan 39
Lyon (Sorry, I don't know if Lyon is a spoiler on the left, right, or center.) 3
Undecided 17

Generic Democrat 46
Generic Republican 34

Name recognition:
Simmons 88
Sullivan 60

Simmons job rating
positive 44
negative 42

Kerry 54
Bush 36

"We need to elect a Congressman and a Congress who will stand up and oppose the out-of-touch policies of the Bush Administration"
agree 58%

Despite substantially worse name recognition, Sullivan is in a statistical tie.  This is a race we can and should win, as his numbers should move up once more people know who he is.

And, after all the talk about how we need to forgive this Democrat or that Democrat for supporting the Hate Amendment or Drilling for oil on the White House lawn or whatever, it sure feels good to support someone who is running ads lambasting his opponent on the Iraq War and, when in Congress, will vote with Nancy Pelosi and the majority of his party virtually every time--he supports gay rights, a major push for clean energy, fair trade, and all that good stuff.