30 Point Lead for Speier

by Lucas O'Connor [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

Via TPM , word of internal polling from Jackie Speier that shows her with a huge 30 point lead over incumbent Tom Lantos.  Speier's camp quotes a 57%-27% lead over Lantos is a straight "who would you support" poll of the 12th district.

Rep. Lantos, as of October filings, has nearly $1.4 million cash on hand and it's looking like he might need to start using it if he wants to hold this seat.  He's been increasingly crotchety lately, condemning free speech in the name of MoveOn, blasting visiting Dutch legislators for not being upset enough about the Holocaust and calling German Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der a political prostitute.

The goodwill and name recognition that Speier built up during her primary run for Lt. Governor last year seem to be serving her well out of the gate.  I'm sure Lantos will bounce back from numbers like these, especially once the incumbent protection kicks in.  But if these numbers prove to be remotely accurate, it's gonna be a heckuva race on the peninsula.