Alexi Giannoulias | Democrat for U.S. Senate

I expected my first state of the race to be on a different topic, but I just can't help myself when I see reporters cutting and pasting memos from Mark Kirk without any context.

Yesterday, the Kirk campaign released a memo claiming that he has a lead in the U.S. Senate race. 

Magellan Data and Mapping Strategies are pleased to present the topline results of a 772N autodial survey of likely 2010 general election voters in Illinois.  The interviews were conducted November 3rd, 2009.

But there's more to the story.