Blunt at 37%

As he approaches the State of the State speech on Wednesday, a SurveyUSA poll shows that the Governor may have some heavy lifting ahead of him.

Progress in the next year, or the lack thereof, may determine the first-term Governor's future. His deliberations have drawn national attention. Long-term political analyst–and Republican in the know–Robert Novak isn't banking on Blunt's re-election.

In a column in Human Events (Gov. Blunt recently penned a treatise on the future of conservatism in the publication), He notes the combo of the topic's conspicuous absence at a recent planning session and his very visible friendship with '08 candidate, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (hat tip to the CDT Political blog).