A new survey of North Carolina from Public Policy Polling (D) is a further indication that Republican Sen. Richard Burr is vulnerable going into his 2010 re-election battle, trailing a generic Democrat.
The numbers: Generic Dem 41%, Burr 38%, with a ±3.5% margin of error. As for an actual Democrat, the Dems recently struck out on recruitment when popular state Attorney General Roy Cooper announced he wasn’t running, and no big names have yet popped up to make the race.
“With Burr’s numbers much more dire than Elizabeth Dole’s at this point two years ago it’s a wonder prominent Democrats aren’t fighting for the opportunity to run for this seat,” PPP president Dean Debnam says in the analysis. “The current crop of Democratic leaders in the state just isn’t as ambitious as in most places.”
Interestingly, a PPP survey from a few weeks ago showed Burr ahead of several potential Dem candidates who were given as genuine names. So it’s quite intriguing that the generic Democrat has a narrow lead.
