All caveats given it’s from the DCCC, but it looks like good numbers:
IL-06 (Open): Tammy Duckworth (D) vs. Peter Roskam (R)
Head to Head: Duckworth 51%, Roskam 46%. Only 34% of voters in Illinois? 6th district think that the country is going on the right track, while 57% say we?re headed down the wrong track and only 21% give President Bush a positive rating for the job he is doing. [Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, 409 voters; October 8-9; margin of error 5%]
The question for this cycle is who has the right voter screens for likely voters, but given the indicators showing Democrats with higher interest, this is a good sign.
As Rich Miller made the point a few days back, DuPage Republican Machine GOTV will easily make up a 5-point spread by election day. (Early voting starts next week.)
Duckworth is not by any means in a solid position.