A poll from The Hill newspaper conducted by Penn Schoen Berland shows Djou leading state Sen. Colleen Hanabusa, 45 percent to 41 percent, with 12 percent of voters still undecided.

A stunning poll first reported by Hotline on Call shows Republican Congressman Joseph Cao leading likely Democratic opponents in Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District by up to twenty-five points. Cao currently represents the most Democratic district held by a Republican, with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+25. A common narrative is that Cao’s victory in 2008 was a fluke, spurred by the corruption indictments of his Democratic opponent.

Just one month ago, progressive website FireDogLake wrote that “it is very hard to imagine how [Cao] holds on in a general election this November against untainted Democratic opponents.”

And yet, conventional wisdom has been presented with a stinging rebuke.“I was surprised by it… I was one of those who believed that there is virtually no hope for reelection,” said Verne Kennedy, a Louisiana pollster and the President of Market Research Insight, which conducted the polling on behalf of the Republican campaign.

Aired LIVE during “Fox News Rising” October 27, 2008 According to a recent CBS/New York Times poll, Senator Barack Obama leads Senator John McCain by 13 points, indicating that this presidential election is practically over. An Associated Press presidential poll conducted the same day shows that Senator McCain has overcome his challenges, narrowing the gap [...]