Posted on 08/22/2006 5:55:48 AM PDT by teddyballgame
And just as I reported earlier today on the problems with the Gallup poll and other surveys showing a bias for Democrats, the Gallup poll suddenly reports a dramatic drop in the Democrat lead in the US House race to only two points.
In a poll taken over the weekend, the poll of registered voters shows that Democrats now lead only 47%-45% which is down from a nine percentage point lead earlier in August. This is well within the poll's margin of error (+-4%) so the race is essentially even. It is the best showing for Republicans in this poll since just before the 2004 November election when Democrats were ahead by four points among registered voters, but Republicans still won the popular U.S. vote and a 232-203 lead in House seats.
According to the poll, the sudden focus on the war on terror has greatly helped the GOP. The poll states that "President Bush's approval rating has topped 40% for the first time since February...Behind the movements: In the wake of the terror plot that British authorities say they broke up, Bush seems to have gotten a boost. Some of that may have reflected positively on Republican candidates as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...
This oughta make for a good Rush show today.
( No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)
Very interesting ping.
Watch Dems/MSM-DBM change the goal posts as we get closer to election Day. It's going to go from "we're going to take back both Houses" to "we should take atleast one House" to "look for us to pick up seats".
I read your book!
Intelligent, thinking people will not vote Democrat. Hopefully those will be the people going into the voting booths. Otherwise, we're screwed.
Intelligent, thinking people will not vote Democrat. Hopefully those will be the people going into the voting booths. Otherwise, we're screwed.
We'll be getting "blow by blow" retrospectives about Katrina for the next two weeks, at least. If it works, it'll be for the next two months.
I was kinda wondering what all the fuss was about some alleged Catholic group declaring Bush to be pro Choice yesterday. It smelled of desperation and there seemed to be no reason for desperation.
But they had this data already.
Now you know the right thing to do? Find GOP House and Senate candidates in vulnerable districts and send your money and time to them. Behave just like we were behind. Crush them. Here are said districts:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1631282/posts?page=15
Scroll down to about post #50 for elaboration.
I knew I should read the whole thread before responding, just in case someone posted exactly what I was going to say. All of this feeling their oats is what loses elections for Dhimmicrats, since people are again reminded of what a bunch of dangerously clueless nutbags those folks are.
"We'll be getting "blow by blow" retrospectives about Katrina for the next two weeks, at least. If it works, it'll be for the next two months."
There was a really, really bias documentary on HBO last night on Katrina. I was flipping through and could only watch about a minute before I was ready to hurl something through the TV.
LOL!
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This could be GOP-oversampled or something.
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Pfffffttt.
Your friend, like all Democrats, seem to only seek out information from sources they KNOW will say exactly what they want to hear. They really do live in a fantasy world where they believe if they wish hard enough for something it will magically happen for them.
And its Registered voters not Likely so add another 3 points to the GOP totals. Add that to Dick Morris predictions of GOP disaster and Nov is looking good.
I thing the governor's race here in RAT central is very close as well. Six months ago that was not the case.
"The result of THIS will be a steepening of their tailspin into obscurity."
I wish I could be that optimistic. The last two Presidential elections were too close in my mind. Hopefully '08 will be a Reagan/Nixon-like landslide.
Who is going to watch weather re-runs when there is Jon Benet "news"?
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