I ordered the DNC to send all Dems the book, 'Get Sexier in Ninety Days.' "
"And Robert Redford's showing us how to smolder before a teleprompter."
Harry practices "smoldering."
Posted on 08/23/2010 12:04:29 PM PDT by Tennessean4Bush
August 23, 2010
Republicans now hold a nine-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, August 22, 2010.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 47% of Likely Voters would vote for their district's Republican congressional candidate, while 38% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent.
The previous week, Republicans held a 12-point lead, the biggest they've had in over a decade of Rasmussen Reports surveying. But support for Republicans is down one point from then, while support for Democrats is up two points. Republicans have led on the Generic Congressional Ballot since June of last year, and their lead hasn’t fallen below five points since the beginning of December. GOP support since June 2009 has ranged from 41% to 48%. Support for Democrats in the same period has run from 35% to 40%.
#DemEpicFail
Kowahbunga! That’s huge!
This translates into a tidal wave of pubbies being elected to both the House and the Senate.
If these numbers are accurate and do hold, look for the Dems to lose anywhere between 75 and 100 seats this November.
They need to lose at least 100 seats or more.
Insane that ALL the TV networks are out there fawning for Islam and the Victory mosque. ALL of American TV supports Islam now.
Jim DeMint is a hero.
100+
August is usually a good polling month for dems as Republicans are usually on vacation. From looking at these numbers, its going to be a rough fall for them.
How did this big of a lead translate into seats won in previous off-year elections? 1994 for example.
Voters not affiliated with either party prefer the GOP candidate by a 48% to 25% margin.
Great news.
How did this big of a lead translate into seats won in previous off-year elections? 1994 for example.Not entirely sure. Ras was not polling then, so there is not a one-to-one correlation. Gallup was, and I believe showed a modest 3-5pt lead for the GOP in 1994. Gallup is showing almost twice that now.
Wow. Then I have 2 words: Holy Cow!
Two more: Hot Damn!
The most important thing, imho, is often overlooked. With the GOP base energized by these polls and anxious to send a message, not only do they pick up lots of seats in the US House and some in the Senate, but they benefit all the way down the ticket to the state legislative senate and house races. We may see 38 GOP Governors and many legislative bodies flipped to GOP. This is supremely important this year especially since these bodies will be redrawing seat boundaries in response to the 2010 census. I know in TN, this will mean not only the US Congressional delegation will be more conservative in future elections, but all the state house and senate districts may be redrawn more favorably to the GOP.
If that hold true this year, the Dems are really up the creek without a paddle, or boat.
"And Robert Redford's showing us how to smolder before a teleprompter."
Harry practices "smoldering."
From this article:
Fifty-three percent (53%) of white voters favor the Republican, but 71% of African-Americans prefer the Democrat.
Is the Democrat support from African-Americans down?
That’s funny.
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