Rasmussen Poll: Mikulski enjoys 25 point bulge

On the heels of yesterday's great results for Republican observers in Maryland - Bob Ehrlich overtook Martin O'Malley in polling numbers for the first time in a major survey - reality crashed back in when Rasmussen released a poll giving incumbent Senator Barbara Mikulski a 58% to 33% lead over their presumed leading GOP contender, Eric Wargotz.

This margin suggests, at least for the time being, that Mikulski will enjoy a margin of victory not unlike her 65% to 34% crushing of State Senator E.J. Pipkin in 2004, her last election.

(continued on my Examiner.com page...)