Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Is Virginia's Tim Kaine on the verge of a surge?

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' VA-Sen: Is Tim Kaine breaking out? On Wednesday morning, the Democratic Senate hopeful saw two new independent polls come out giving him by far the biggest leads he's ever seen. For starters, Quinnipiac has him up 51-44 over George Allen (versus a much slimmer 48-46 in August). The Washington Post (via Abt-SRBI) also shows a similar spread, with Kaine on top 51-43 (improved from a 46-46 tie all the way back in April). Other very recent polls (from PPP and Marist) have still shown the game of inches we've been accustomed to for well over a year now, so any enthusiasm should be tempered, but keep an eye out for a possible Kaine surge. (Also worth noting: Quinnipiac has Obama up 50-46 while the WaPo saw the POTUS up an outsize 52-44.)

P.S. Late Wednesday, FOX News also released its first VA-Sen poll of the cycle, finding Kaine ahead 47-43.