The number one Senate Republican takeover target this cycle is the Louisiana the seat held by Mary Landrieu. Chances of success improved after the GOP enticed state treasurer John Kennedy to switch parties to challenge her, and after Bobby Jindal won such a resounding victory in the state’s gubernatorial race last year. Then Rasmussen released a poll a few weeks ago showing Landrieu defeating Kennedy by 16 points. You can no longer find the poll results on Rasmussen’s site, but the release is cached here. There was plenty of gloating around the Leftoshpere. The left was right to crow, too. If the GOP was genuinely trailing that badly in their top takeover target, they’d be in real trouble this year. Fortunately, Rasmussen later acknowledged that the poll data was completely wrong:
Besides not holding a dramatic lead in the polls, Landrieu also trailed Kenendy in first quarter fundraising. That’s not a promising position for an incumbent.
