A new SurveyUSA/Firedoglake poll of the Arkansas Second Congressional district finds that Tim Griffin – a “star” of the U.S. Attorney scandal in 2007 – is a frontrunner to get elected to Congress this year against a Democratic incumbent.
The numbers: Griffin 56%, Democratic Rep. Vic Snyder 39%. This district voted 54%-44% for John McCain in 2008, and the new poll gives President Obama a 33% approval rating, with 63% disapproval. The poll also finds heavy opposition to the proposed individual mandate, which would require everyone to carry health insurance.
Griffin briefly served as a U.S. Attorney, after having had an extensive career as a Republican political operative specializing in opposition research. He was appointed in December 2006, in such a manner as to circumvent the need for Senate confirmation due to a March 2006 revision to the PATRIOT Act. He resigned in June 2007.
