Congressional Politics takes a look at the mayoral race, analyzing last week’s poll-
Yet a survey released last week by Susquehanna Polling & Research of Harrisburg — which does polling for Republican candidates but also for independent entities — indicated that the five-candidate primary is closely contested, and that neither Fattah nor Brady stood out as the front-runner entering the campaign’s closing weeks…
But David W. Patti, president of Pennsylvanians for Effective Government, which sponsored the poll, noted that it was Nutter — the other major African-American candidate in the contest — who appeared to be gaining momentum, while Knox seemed to have leveled off. A March survey showed Knox at 22 percent and Nutter well behind at 12 percent.
“Michael Nutter can win,” Patti said in an official statement on the poll. “In December, we noted that candidates Tom Knox and Michael Nutter had the ‘most room to grow’ and that has proven to be the case. Knox improved first; maybe too early. Nutter is riding a wave that is cresting at the most opportune time.”
Okay, here’s what I think it is- Nutter is Jon Lovitz in that one scene in The Wedding Singer, where he’s standing backstage, wringing his hands saying, “He’s losing his mind- and I’m reaping the benefits.”
