No Poll Vault for Sununu

Survey Lag May Mean Nov. Loss

• By Nathan L. Gonzales
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• June 19, 2008, Midnight

“It will close.”

That was the common analysis during the previous cycle’s Senate race in Pennsylvania, when poll after poll showed then-Sen. Rick Santorum (R) trailing his opponent, then-state Treasurer Bob Casey (D). But after millions of dollars of advertising, the race never did close, and Casey won in a romp.