At this point, “lead” is beginning to sound like too soft a verb to describe the absolute drubbing Republican Ron Johnson has inflicted on Sen. Russ Feingold in recent polls.

Rasmussen’s latest survey of likely voters shows Ron Johnson with 54 percent to Sen. Russ Feingold’s 42 percent, the largest “lead” to date for the Republican candidate. As a result, Rasmussen has moved the Wisconsin Senate Race from “Toss Up” to “Lean Republican.”

The current RealClearPolitics polling average is now +9.6 in Johnson’s favor, and Democratic predictions that Feingold “could lose” seem more and more compelling with each new poll.