Blunt Assessment: "Voters are particularly angered when they learn of Blunt's involvement with Jack Abramoff"

KY3 has published partial results from a new Republican poll showing serious problems for Roy Blunt: 

[Pollster Chris] Wilson said that "voters are particularly angered when they learn of Blunt's involvement with Jack Abramoff, and that he was one of the largest recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac campaign contributions."

"The same negatives will hurt Blunt in the Republican primary, where after voters hear this information, he trails Sarah Steelman by more than 20 points," according to the report on the poll.

Wilson's memo concludes that once voters become aware of these negatives of a Blunt candidacy, his "soft support will vanish."

Annoyed that people keep talking about actual vulnerabiltiies with Blunt's candidacy, spokesman Rich Chrismer called they survey a push poll. (It's not a push poll, but whatever.) 

Ignoring the pro-Steelman spin, I'm not sure how the poll makes Steelman's chances look all that promising. She only has a 49% favorabliity rating with her own party, and gets creamed in a hypothetical general election matchup against Robin Carnahan. Sure, she may do well with the small "soft Democrats" demographic, but when people learn about her own problems, and when Republicans stay home in droves after a divisive, expensive primary, her ship is sunk. 

Also: Kudos to the Blunt opp research shop for pointing out the pollster's previous ethical and honesty problems. 

Only 493 days to go.