[Recovering_Democrat]

I didn't see the internals on this poll. I suspect they will tell the story better. 1009 registered voters (not likely), and it was conducted by a Republican and Democrat...Bill McInturff for the GOP and Peter D. Hart for the 'rats.

According to Mark "Let's make some news by publishing a poll" Murray, 61 percent believe Bush's recent comparison of the Iraq war to the fight against the Nazis and fascism during World War II was inappropriate and was made only to justify his policies in Iraq.

[msnimje]

The only poll that matters in on election day.

[Izzy Dunne]

All these polls point to one inescapable conclusion:

George Bush will not win reelection this year.

[Shermy]

Got news.

Bush isn't running.

[kerryusama04]

They called Florida in 2000 for Gore based on polls.... and damn near gave it to him. These polls are a waste of HTML.

[MNJohnnie]

Go read the questions at the PSMBC website. Pure push polling. Way too many "if or" questions. Clearly designed to push the respondent to a predetermined response.

Then read below. Weekend poll, no mention of how they weighted the sample, registered not likely voters. Based on the result pretty obvious they over sampled Democrats and "Independents" yet again.

The NBC/Journal poll was conducted of 1,009 registered voters from Sept. 8-11, and it has a margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points. It comes after several major events, including the news of the thwarted terrorist plot in London, the end of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the buildup to the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

[tobyhill]

They've quickly learned to hide their sample because for them too many people are on to the rigged game.

[chilepepper]

what's interesting about this article is that it no longer speaks about taking over both houses of congress! i think things are definitely trending in the GOP's favor... Demonicrat expectations are starting to fade (i hope), regardless of the typical MSM hype...

[Tanniker Smith]

"Likely to pick up seats"??

Isn't that a step down from "Likely to take over Congress" or "likely to take over the House"?

[expatpat]

Boy, the Dems are going to be tearing their hair and slitting their throats in November when they find they've lost out again! But then they are doing that already.....

We should really feel sorry for the poor, angry, frustrated baseturds!

[gridlock]

Well, they have stopped talking about winning the House, and are now talking about "gains". But the trends are going our way. By the time Election Day comes around, the only question is how many seats the Democrats are going to lose.

[FreeRep]

My family comes from a long-line of republicans, and painting the democrats as cut and run and middle class tax increaser's is fair.

[hsalaw]

"likely to pick up midterm seats"

The MSM is backing down from its position several months ago when it was bleating about the dems taking over the House AND Senate. These stupid "polls" are a waste of time.

[MaxMax]

The Dem-rats are still trying to will the election into
their favor.

The strategy of wishful thinking has been stopped since our
beloved President Reagan stepped into the Oval Office, and
the Internet and cable gave alternatives
to the false propaganda.

[NordP]

Newspapers listed as sources + headline = DUH

[pissant]

Democrat and MSM wetdream

[Welike ike]

http://www.tradesports.com , GOP House contract going thru the roof back at 50% up 20 points in 4 days. DEMS are toast.

McInturff is the hack who leaked the 30 Seat DEM pickup crap to Robert Novak this summer, he is a loser

[Welike ike]

http://www.tradesports.com , GOP House contract going thru the roof back at 50% up 20 points in 4 days. DEMS are toast.

McInturff is the hack who leaked the 30 Seat DEM pickup crap to Robert Novak this summer, he is a loser

[DrDeb]

QUESTION: Could Murray have framed the poll results more negatively? . . . If one were cynical (which I am), one could conclude that Murray purposely manipulated his analysis to reflect current Democrat talking points!

NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORY . . .

According to this poll, the President's JA rating has reached its highest level since September of 2005:

9/06 42% approve 53% disapprove (-11)
7/06 40% approve 55% disapprove (-15)
6/06 38% approve 57% disapprove (-19)
9/05 40% approve 55% disapprove (-15)
9/04 47% approve 48% disapprove

*Two years ago and only 2 months before the President's HISTORIC re-election++, this poll posted a JA rating for the President only 5 points higher than it is today -- so much for the President's JA rating falling off the proverbial cliff!!

[++In 11/04, President George W Bush earned 63 million votes (the most votes for a presidential candidate in American history) and become the first candidate since 1988 to garner over 50% of the vote!]

http://pollingreport.com/bushjob2.htm


COMPARATIVE BENCHMARKS:

RASMUSSEN
9/13/06 45% approve 52% disapprove

REALCLEARPOLITICS (RCP) AVERAGE now over 41%!
[Remember, it was only 3 months ago that the Democrats/MSM were salivating at the prospect of the President's JA rating sinking to the mid 20s!!!]


BOTTOM LINE: The trend line is up! [AND the President is maintaining an historically high 80-85% approval rating among Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents.]

FYI: With such a high approval rating from his base, the President's JA rating is actually near or at 50%! Unfortunately, MSM pollsters continue to artificially lower the President's JA ratings by OVERSAMPLING Democrats/Democrat-leaning Independents! . . . In retrospect, this could be an advantage for the Rs -- the Democrats seem to be setting themselves up for another big SURPRISE in November!

[HHFi]

This should be posted on every thread about polls between now and the election. It's from the episode of Penn & Teller's show, "Bulls**t," about polls. If you don't want to watch it all, just go to the 2:53 mark for the summation. WARNING! EXTREMELY ROUGH LANGUAGE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW-iPfZbUIY

[JennysCool]

It's just comical how the MSM touts these "wishful thinking" stories as news. They actually seem to believe there are people out there who think, "Wow, a poll says the Democrats are going to win! I'd better vote Democrat!"

Amazing.