GOP attacks sting Cahill in new poll

[Ian David]

A move by a handful of social conservatives on the Republican National Committee to try to block national funding for gubernatorial hopeful Charles D. Baker fizzled quickly yesterday after new polling data suggested that a party-funded media attack had succeeded in damaging rival Timothy P. Cahill.

Eight of the 168-member committee had written party leaders blasting the Republican Governors Association’s television and radio blitz against Cahill, an independent, and calling on the party not to “spend a dime’’ to support Baker and his running mate, Senate minority leader Richard R. Tisei, because of their liberal positions on social issues.

But four of those members quickly withdrew their names from the letter by midafternoon, just hours after analysts contended that the association’s attacks on Cahill were working. Many in the GOP see Cahill as Baker’s biggest hurdle in successfully challenging Governor Deval L. Patrick.

A new poll by Rasmussen Reports, a national survey firm, suggests that Cahill’s support has dropped over the last month; he gets 14 percent of the vote now, compared with 23 percent a month ago.

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