A recent Rasmussen and Associates poll shows Gov. Rick Perry at 40 percent in a four-way race for governor, with Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn at 31, Democrat former U.S. Rep. Chris Bell at 13 percent, and Kinky Friedman at 9 percent. With former Supreme Court Justice Bob Gammage as the nominee, the numbers change to Perry 38, Strayhorn 29, Gammage 18, Friedman at 8 percent. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.5 percent at a 95 percent confidence interval. The survey is based on a telephone poll of 500 likely voters.

Needless to say, the candidates are all putting their own spin on this. We have received press releases from Strayhorn and Gammage. In addition, Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign spokesman is quoted in the newspapers stating that Perry governs on principle, not polls. Strayhorn forwarded the poll to the press with a subject line “Perry in trouble, Strayhorn within single digits of him.”

And the Gammage campaign notes that it did better than Bell against Perry. "Our positive, progressive campaign for change is growing day by day", Gammage said. "Block by block, city by city, county by county we are revitalizing the Democratic Party and building for a better tomorrow."

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