IF these News media polls, conducted over a weekend which tend to move them Left, were serious Rass's poll would show a larger number of people pissed at Hastert. He doesn't. This is the problem with Junk Media polls, you have NO idea of their Democrat-Republican mix. IF you polled 45% D 35% R you get one result, if you poll 45-45% you get a completely different one.
Until the Polling firms do a poll that is 48%-48% this all is just noise. EVEN Gallup admitted Republicans were solid in their poll. So it all boils down to turn out. THIS "It all over but the crying" story line is designed to do ONE thing, keep Republicans at home Nov 7th. It nonsense.
Here is what happened after Watergate. A vastly more serious scandal then this nonsense about Foley.
http://www.ashbrook.org/publicat/oped/busch/06/1974.html
When the votes were counted, Democratic hopes had been realized. Republicans lost 48 House seats, five Senate seats, and statehouse after statehouse. The Democratic scythe cut most deeply in previously Republican suburbs where concerns about the economy and clean government resonated strongly.
Watergate, the start of one of the worst recessions in US History and Ford pardoning Nixon. These supposed "Pollsters" are telling us THIS year is going to be worse. Worse? A booming economy? A scandal no one but the Always Angry care about, A war no where near as unpopular as Vietnam is going to result in WORSE fall out for the GOP then 1974?
Must wear proper protection when quoting from DUmocrat polls.
The media is setting themselves up again for another round of teeth gnashing when they wake up the day after and say "they didn't get fooled again".