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Gallup: Battle for Congress Suddenly Looks Competitive (Drill, Baby, Drill Paying off)
Gallup ^ | 09/12/08 | nhwingut

Posted on 09/12/2008 3:52:12 AM PDT by nhwingut

PRINCETON, NJ -- A potential shift in fortunes for the Republicans in Congress is seen in the latest USA Today/Gallup survey, with the Democrats now leading the Republicans by just 3 percentage points, 48% to 45%, in voters' "generic ballot" preferences for Congress. This is down from consistent double-digit Democratic leads seen on this measure over the past year.

(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congress; election; electioncongress; electionussenate; lipstick; mccainpalin
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1 posted on 09/12/2008 3:52:13 AM PDT by nhwingut
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To: nhwingut

Gas prices is the GOP trump card!


2 posted on 09/12/2008 3:53:25 AM PDT by goodolemr
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I don’t understand how the democrats could maintain any kind of lead when a landslide majority of Americans are unhappy with congress.


3 posted on 09/12/2008 3:56:48 AM PDT by Schnucki (If obama wins, we'll need a teleprompter by the White House emergency phone when it rings at 3:00AM.)
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To: goodolemr

But do they have the NADS to press the fight???


4 posted on 09/12/2008 3:57:09 AM PDT by conservativehusker (GO BIG RED!!!!)
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To: nhwingut

I think it’s Palin power


5 posted on 09/12/2008 3:58:03 AM PDT by ari-freedom (We never hide from history. We make history!)
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To: goodolemr
Blue Dog Democrats have two problems:

Palin getting base out

Drill baby Drill, Ike will cause a shortage of gas.

6 posted on 09/12/2008 3:58:33 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: nhwingut
The Palin Revolution!

Have pitchfork, will travel.

7 posted on 09/12/2008 4:02:07 AM PDT by The G Man (The NY Times did "great harm to the United States" - President George W. Bush 6/26/06)
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To: All
Drill now or DRILL in November. (Don't Reelect Insipient Lollygagging Loonies)
8 posted on 09/12/2008 4:14:09 AM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Schnucki

After watching the media’s behavior since Palin was nominated don’t you think they have a bias which effects these numbers. In 1994 when the Republicans took Congress they trailed the Rats by a few points or only led by 1 or 2 at the most in these type of polls. And we all remember how the election went.


9 posted on 09/12/2008 4:15:11 AM PDT by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: nhwingut

Price of gas and Palin are the factors.


10 posted on 09/12/2008 4:18:30 AM PDT by rrrod
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There’s a lot of Fear and Loathing going on in Democrat circles... Buyers remorse has set in and they’re running away from their nominee.

Supposedly the newbie Democrats who won two years ago in Republican leaning districts are going to praise McCain/Palin and keep Obama and his poorly run campaign away from their districts in an attempt to hold their seats

Obama’s 57 state strategy isn’t working out like they thought it would. LOL


11 posted on 09/12/2008 4:20:20 AM PDT by jerod (They were pro-abortion, for gun control & wanted a cleaner environment at all cost - The NAZI party)
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To: DarthVader

bttt


12 posted on 09/12/2008 4:21:39 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (Obama is the Democrats guy. They bought the ticket, now they must take the ride.)
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To: DarthVader

Excellant point. One factor is missing tho. The Senate has just a handfull of Republican conservatives. The House fairs a bit better but not much to brag about.


13 posted on 09/12/2008 4:23:25 AM PDT by rrrod
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To: nhwingut

Among likely voters the Republicans are ahead %50 to %45. Wow!!!


14 posted on 09/12/2008 4:26:13 AM PDT by jerod (They were pro-abortion, for gun control & wanted a cleaner environment at all cost - The NAZI party)
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Taking back the house would be equivalent to defeating the Nazis at the Battle of Bulge.


15 posted on 09/12/2008 4:26:21 AM PDT by sergeantdave (We are entering the Age of the Idiot)
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To: nhwingut

The silver lining here is that even if Republicans are a reasonable threat in Congress to an Obama presidency, it’ll avoid the doomsday scenario. Namely, a Democratic congress with heavy majorities, and a President with no plans other than ‘throw money at it’ and ‘raise taxes again so we can throw more money at it’.


16 posted on 09/12/2008 4:31:26 AM PDT by Steel Wolf ("We have your test results, Mr Obama. You have ...Sarahnoia. 2 months, tops, and you're a goner....")
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To: scooby321
Ike will cause a shortage of gas.

Off shore drilling in Florida and California will lesson the impact of a hurricane that hits Texas.

Drill in ANWR and you spread the locations that our crude oil supply.

Natural disasters are going to happen, how selfish of Florida and California not to help with our national energy supply.

17 posted on 09/12/2008 4:33:37 AM PDT by TYVets
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To: nhwingut
Though I added the keyword lipstick, Hurricane Ike might be a blessing for this country if enough oil refineries are shut down for a week or two.

We need to drill for oil, and we also need reserve capacity for refineries. There are already reports of service stations in parts of the country OTHER THAN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA running out of gasoline because of Hurricane Ike.

We need to try to get people to spread the word that Democratic Congressmen and liberal Republicans are making people do without gasoline whenever a hurricane pops up in the Gulf (we need more refinery capaciy, and not along the Gulf Coast states of Texas/Louisiana/Mississippi.

We also need to be drilling for oil in ANWR (Alaska), revoke the moratorium on drilling for oil off the California coast (the city of Long Beach, CA has gotten a reprieve and is using revenue for drilling in the harbor to pump up the city).

We need drilling on the East Coast (Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida Gulf Coast)...

Time to shake up our Congress-critters and throw out a number of Rats (Democrats) out of Congress!!!

18 posted on 09/12/2008 4:34:11 AM PDT by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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There are reports of gasoline stations running out of Gasoline in other states because of Hurricane Ike.
19 posted on 09/12/2008 4:36:15 AM PDT by topher (Let us return to old-fashioned morality - morality that has stood the test of time...)
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20 posted on 09/12/2008 4:37:43 AM PDT by Politicalmom (President McCain: "Ok, Ted, I want your list of supreme court nominees on my desk by Monday.")
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