BOBBY SOCKS 'EM:

Jindal takes 11-point lead in latest Kennedy poll (John Hill, October 30, 2003, Shreveport Times)

Jindal had 49 percent compared to Democrat Kathleen Blanco's 38 percent in the independent poll by Verne Kennedy of Marketing Research Insight of Pensacola, Fla.

Kennedy said Blanco's favorability rating - and her vote - has consistently dropped, from 66 percent on Oct. 13 to 58 percent on Oct. 22 to 47 percent this week.

Jindal's favorable rating has remained flat: 54 percent on Oct. 13, 54 percent on Oct. 22 and 55 percent today, Kennedy said.

The sample is small and the swing from prior polling ridiculous, but there's nothing harder in politics than moving your opponent's favorability rating without damaging your own. That Jindal managed it, at least in this poll, suggests he continues to run an especially good campaign. You'd still have to favor Blanco, but he's making it a race.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 31, 2003 7:14 PM