Time Is Running Out For Andrew Rice

Analysis Shows Small Undecided Percentage

Lagging behind incumbent Republican Jim Inhofe, Democratic Senate candidate Andrew Rice appears to be running out of time to draw close to Inhofe and it appears there's no room among undecided voters for Rice to gain ground.

Those conclusions can be reached by examining the latest statewide TvPoll results reported on KWTV-Channel 9 in Oklahoma City.

The poll's Week Six findings show Inhofe at 53.1 percent and Rice at 39.5 percent. The Independent candidate draws only two percent support and the undecideds are now down to just 5.4 percent. Thus, even if Rice got all of those voters, he'd still be far short of Inhofe's percentage.

For Oklahoma Republicans nervous about the nationwide presidential race prospects, John McCain remains a huge winner in Oklahoma, leading Barack Obama by a 2-to-1 margin, 63 to 32 percent. Some believe McCain's Oklahoma margin will be the largest in the nation, speculation placing the actual vote at about the 2-to-1 margin. That would rank as one of the worst Democrat showings in history.

In the race for the short term on the Corporation Commission, Republican Dana Murphy maintains a tenuous lead over incumbent Democrat Jim Roth, 40 to 35 percent with a huge 25 percent undecided.

The TvPoll results show McCain clobbering Obama among registered Democrats. With that kind of drag at the top of the ticket, Rice and Roth, as well as Democrat Charles Gray in the long-term Corporation Commission race against incumbent Jeff Cloud, appear to be swimming upstream.

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