Both Rasmussen and Daily Kos have released polls looking at Arkansas’s Senate race next year. Incumbent Democrat Blanche Lincoln is in rough shape in both, with a favorable rating at 43 percent in Rasmussen and 41 percent in Kos.

Rasmussen has Lincoln losing to all GOP challengers, by margins ranging from 3 to 7 percentage points; Kos has her leading narrowly against two challengers and by healthy margins against two others, topping out at 46 percent.

Unsurprisingly, Kos thinks supporting the public option would help Lincoln. I can’t help but notice that unemployment in Arkansas is 7.6 percent, which looks pretty good compared to many other states, but is still the highest since 1988.