Poll Shows Rice Struggling For Support

A poll by Democrats for the Andrew Rice for U. S. Senate campaign shows Rice with little support outside the Democrat base of 35 percent.

The poll, by the Benenson Strategy Group, is being touted as showing incumbent Republican Senator Jim Inhofe is vulnerable. It is similar to a poll taken in 2002 by the David Walters campaign that claimed Inhofe could be defeated; Walters' numbers then were about the same as Rice's numbers in this poll, and Inhofe trounced Walters. The difference is that Walters was much better known than Rice, but the two share liberal beliefs and Rice is even more liberal than Walters.

Historically, Inhofe's approval rating has hovered in the 53 percent range and in past Senate campaign early head-to-head polls with possible opponents, there's been a 10 to 25 percent spread. Against Rice, the spread is 13 percent (48-35), the poll found.

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