Sign of things to come in 2014.
Via Politico:
An internal poll conducted in Arkansas for the National Republican Senatorial Committee puts GOP Rep. Tom Cotton head of incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor by 2 percentage points.
The freshman congressman led the two-term senator 44 percent to 42 percent in a survey taken two weeks ago, ahead of his official campaign launch.
The numbers, obtained by POLITICO, also show that Pryor’s support for Obamacare will hurt him in that state as the right puts real money behind ads highlighting his
pivotal 2010 vote.Told that Pryor voted for Obamacare while Cotton voted to repeal it, 55 percent of voters said this would make them more likely to vote for Cotton, and 33 percent said it would make them more likely to vote for Pryor. That spread was even greater among independents and ticket-splitters.