Richard Blumenthal, the Democrat running for U.S. Senator Chris Dodd’s vacated seat, was trying to get a jump on tomorrow’s Quinnipiac University polls numbers by releasing some of his own. According to this memo from Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner Research Group Blumenthal has a 12 point advantage over his Republican opponent, Linda McMahon. The poll of 606 residents was paid for by the Blumenthal campaign.