New poll: Thune leading, 50%-47%

DVT reports the latest poll by Rasmussen, and the most astounding number is Daschle's unfavorability rating (45%!). There's lots of clock left in this race, but I think the Daschle campaign is running out of options. They've been running ads for over a year, and these days, you can't watch even a small amount of television without seeing at least a couple of Daschle ads. My girlfriend told me she even saw a Daschle ad on The Learning Channel's "Trading Spaces" recently. Daschle's ad saturation isn't working (it seems the more he advertises, the further he sinks in the polls), and I think the only option left to him, particularly when Daschle's unfavorability rating is so high, is to start running ads that will drive up Thune's unfavorability rating.