ELECTION UPDATE – AT 10:46 A.M. ET:  Latest polls show, more or less, a continuation of trends we've been following.

In Pennsylvania, Pat Toomey seems to have recovered from a recent drop, and is not up five points over Democrat Joe Sestak in this critical race for the U.S. Senate.  That's according to a Morning Call tracker.

In Connecticut, sadly, super-dull Richard Blumenthal appears to be pulling away from wrestling magnate Linda McMahon in their race for the Senate.  Linda has run a good campaign, but I suspect that her background in the wrestling business has done fatal damage.  Connecticut, the nation's wealthiest state, is a bit prissy and proper, and sweaty wrestlers are not in demand.  Rasmussen has Blumenthal up by 13 percent.

In another critical race, for Obama's old Senate seat in Illinois, the Chicago Tribune poll has Republican Mark Kirk up three over his Dem opponent, whose name I can't spell.  That's too close for comfort.  In Illinois a Republican must win a clean victory to actually get the job.  If the vote is close, the Daley machine in Chicago can usually find enough votes in a closet to fix things.

A Politico generic poll has Republicans up five percent. 

October 25, 2010