Democrat Leads In Michigan Race For U.S. Senate

Republicans were hoping to pick up a senate seat in Michigan, where Democrat Carl Levin is retiring -- and in the initial polls the Republican candidate (Terri Lynn Land) was doing fairly well. But the latest poll -- the Free Press / WXYZ-TV / EPIC-MRA Poll -- shows the Democrat (Gary Peters) has now gone out to a 6 point lead (44% to 38%). That's good news for Democrats, but a long way from reason to celebrate yet, since there are still 18% of the voters that are undecided. The poll was taken between May 17th and 20th of 600 likely Michigan voters. It is the women voters giving Peters the lead, where he has a 14 point margin.