New Zogby Polls Out (Plus Update On House Page Scandal)

You can see the new Zogby results here. Some of the more interesting ones:

Oregon Governor's Race -- Kulongoski (D) 47%, Saxton (R) 44%;
Ohio Governor's Race -- Strickland (D) 51%, Blackwell (R) 41%;
Ohio Senate Race -- Brown (D) 49%, DeWine (R) 45%;
Pennsylvania Senate Race -- Casey (D) 52%, Santorum (R) 44%;
New Jersey Senate Race -- Kean (R) 47%, Menendez (D) 45%;
Connecticut Senate Race -- Lieberman (CFL) 49%, Lamont (D) 43%

Santorum only eight points behind Casey in Pennsylvania? God help us. Regarding the Ohio Governor's race, I know that evil sonofabitch Ken Blackwell is running an incredibly negative campaign against Strickland, and the strategy appears to be working. And, by the way, this is hysterical.

Remember, all the GOP needs to do is get close enough in these elections to steal them, and I have no doubt there are plans in the works to do so.

And speaking of the upcoming Mid-Term elections, it looks like another member of Hastert's staff has been implicated in the DiddlerGate Scandal:

The former clerk of the House of Representatives, Jeff Trandahl, who testified for more than four hours before the House Ethics Committee today, is believed to have testified that a top aide to House Speaker Dennis Hastert was informed of "all issues dealing with the page program," according to a Republican familiar with the investigation.

The Republican source said Trandahl planned to name Ted Van Der Meid, the speaker's counsel and floor manager, as the person who was briefed on a regular basis about any issue that arose in the page program, including a "problem group of members and staff who spent too much time socializing with pages outside of official duties." One of whom was Mark Foley.

Let me see if I got this right -- Hastert's apparent position is that he wasn't aware of this problem, yet it now appears that at least two of his staffers were. If this truly is the case, then Hastert should resign on the grounds of extreme incompetence.