Buck Leads Bennet In Latest Poll

President Obama's favorite Senate ed deformer is down in the latest poll:

A new McClatchy-Marist Poll in Colorado shows Ken Buck (R) leading Sen. Michael Bennet (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 49% to 45%.

Key findings: Bennet is ahead by nearly 2 to 1 in Denver, but trails in the rest of the state. Of those who think the worst economic news is yet to come, 69% back Buck. Of those who think the worst is behind them, 68% back Bennet.

It's just one poll and it's close to the MOE, but it's not looking good for Bennet.

The anger and momentum is on the GOP side.

Angry voters tend to vote more than complacent ones.

And the Denver Post says early voting has favored Repubs:

On the last day of early voting, Republicans in Colorado solidified their preliminary turnout advantage over Democrats.

In numbers released by the secretary of state's office Friday afternoon, Republicans had cast nearly 53,000 more ballots than Democrats. Republicans' turnout rate also continued pulling slightly ahead of Democrats'. In Friday's figures, about 35 percent of registered Republicans had cast a ballot, compared with about 30 percent of registered Democrats.

At the beginning of the week, Republicans held about a 2 percentage-point turnout advantage. Democrats, meanwhile, have said their get-out- the-vote efforts are on track and that they expect a large number of their supporters to cast ballots on Election Day.

You can bet there aren't too many Repubs or Repub-leaning voters who voted for Dems this year (unlike in 2006 and 2008 when some clearly did.)

I am not ready to make a call on the Bennet/Buck race.

I wouldn't count Bennet and all that corporate ed deform money backing him out.

But the early voting numbers and the Mclatchy poll indicate trouble for him.

I hope so.

I am not a Tea Party guy.

If elected, Buck may be the worst thing to ever happen to the Senate.

But he will NOT be a vote for another Race to the Top program.

He will NOT be a voted for the Common Core.

He will NOT be a vote for more top-down federal DOE policy courtesy on Arne Duncan and his merry men and women.

It is true, he WILL be an anti-union, anti-Social Security vote (and with Obama all set to announce the "findings" of his Catfood Commission on Social Security post-election, you can be sure that damaging votes on Social Security will be coming.)

But do you know what?

Bennet votes that way too.

He is a corporate vote through and through.

So at the end of the day, if both candidates are anti-union, anti-middle and working class, but one votes FOR Obama's ed policy and one DOESN'T, I prefer the guy who doesn't.

God forgive me for writing that.

But that is where this pro-corporate, anti-teacher Obama-led Democratic Party has brought me.

I actually want the Dem to lose.