[Gordongekko909]

Democrats? Offensive? You said it, they stink on ice!

ZING!

[REDWOOD99]

This poll is great news! Read the questions at the link. We are on the march!

[indianrightwinger]

Is this from the news section? Or, their campaign AD section?

[Steven W.]

If the situation were reversed, they'd be writing about the 'big mo' apparent on Republican numbers here.

[Williams]

Is this the real headline? I'm sure it is. The article says all the democrat advantages are shrinking, yet they are on the offensive? The liberal media's agenda makes it a very illogical place.

[Man50D]

Four things to remember about polls:

1. They poll only a tiny fraction of the population.
2. Pollsters can target a group of people they know will answer questions a certain way.
3. Questions can be structured in a specific manner to elicit a desired response.
4. Pollsters can record an answer contrary to the one given by the respondent if it doesn't match the answer desired by the pollster.

The most accurate poll and the only one that counts will be conducted on November 7th.

[linn37]

Now I feel better.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[tobyhill]

They can push this notion all they want but I don't believe the Rats will win majority in the House or Senate. In 1994, the year all MSM is comparing this to, the favorable ratings for individual districts was under 40% whereas today it's over 60% just no one likes the other persons reps.

[Southack]

"A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows some narrowing in the Democratic advantage in House races. The survey gives the Democrats a six-percentage-point lead nationally among likely voters asked which party they prefer for Congress."

That's called the "generic ballot" poll, and it's flawed.

Democrats had a 4 point lead in the above "generic ballot" question back in 1994 when they lost more than 50 seats in the House.

The last time that Democrats had a 5 point lead in the "generic ballot" saw them lose 3 Senate seats.

Oh, and Democrats have led in that "generic ballot" poll in every survey taken in recent memory.

[ChildOfThe60s]

They missed pointing how how much of an advantage the Dems have in the GOTV effort with dead people. That's always been a much larger constituency for them. Matter of fact, seems to me that polling indicates that 99% of dead people always vote Democrat. Republicans have failed dismally in trying to crack that voting block.

[concerned about politics]

Sitting home and answering a poll on a telephone is one thing. Getting out to vote is another.

We're in an age of terrorism, and democrats aren't known for their bravery.
Again, in my opinion, Republicans do care and will vote. The democrats won't bother to get out of bed.
Talk and action are two different things. The democrats bitch and demand every one else do things for them. The Republicans stand up and actually do things by themselves.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Two weeks ago, 55 percent said Democratic members of Congress deserved reelection. In the new poll, that shrank to 48 percent. But Republicans remain stuck in the high thirties on the same question.

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Funny...recall the 15% estimate that in 2004 Kerry's Democratic Media figured they'd give HIM? Well, THERE IS AN INVISIBLE HAND (God is not mocked)....in 2006 that same Kerry just gave US an edge....

Actually, 15% was 1/4 of the true 2004 Kerry democratic media advantage vs, Bush, he'd never had a CHANCE had the truth about him been objectively told.

[skaterboy]

who wrote that headline? they look to be on the defense

[Lancey Howard]

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows some narrowing in the Democratic advantage in House races. The survey gives the Democrats a six-percentage-point lead nationally among likely voters asked which party they prefer for Congress. It was 14 points two weeks ago

Yeah, leave it to the scumbag Washington Post to square the above lead paragraph with the headline.

[msnimje]

I am on a diet, could lose 40 pounds by Tuesday.

[AZ GOPher]

The caption of this article is INCREDIBLE and simply BREATH-TAKING!! Is the WaPo kidding? Their own Congressional generic ballot goes from Dems +14 to Dems +6 in a short period of time, and all they can think of is Dems "could" win both houses of Congress? This is the clearest evidence yet of journalistic gross negligence and malpractice (outside of the NY Times, of course).

I bet WaPo editors debated even PUBLISHING this final poll at ALL! I guess the next best thing was for them to spin the heck out of the headline. The Sunday morning shows will indeed be interesting tomorrow morning.

Buckle yourselves in, fellow GOP'ers. . .

[Aliska]

My daughter doesn't understand all the issues and was asking me whom to vote for. She thinks the Democrats are nasty, having worked doing opinion polls for them. I really don't understand the finer points of some of the issues and don't like to tell anyone how to vote, but I explained the ballot, be sure to fill it out carefully so it doesn't get rejected on a technicality, and gave her my list of Republicans who were running but whose parties weren't indicated on the ballot nor the local official website. I called local Rebpublican headquarters to get them. It's all I can do to keep up with the main players and tune out the bashing. Then she said something about not voting. I told her if she doesn't vote, it is giving them a vote. I have tried to explain the differences, over time, on the two sides as best and fairly as I could. It's kind of scary how difficult it is to get truly informed in between the mud and slogans being flung by both sides. I honestly don't think a lot of Democrats have thought through the issues either, they are too locked into Bush being an idiot and moron, etc. If the war appeared to be going better, I doubt they'd be hammering away at that the way they are doing, but if it weren't that, it would be something else. It's not that I see all Republicans as representing all my views or being squeaky clean either; I just thing so many Democrats have just lost it and gone off the deep end. I hope people will tire of it, but some love to hate. Somebody.

[Question Liberal Authority]

The survey gives the Democrats a six-percentage-point lead nationally among likely voters asked which party they prefer for Congress. It was 14 points two weeks ago, but this remains a larger advantage than they have had in recent midterm elections......Bush's approval rating stands at 40 percent among all Americans and 43 percent among registered voters, a small but statistically insignificant increase in the past two weeks. About twice as many strongly disapprove of him as strongly approve.

Independents favor Democrats by an 18-point margin, but that is less than the 28-point advantage Democrats enjoyed two weeks ago.

The poll also showed that the Republican strategy of trying to make Democrats an unacceptable alternative may be working, at least at the margins.

Two weeks ago, 55 percent said Democratic members of Congress deserved reelection. In the new poll, that shrank to 48 percent.

STOP ME WHEN THE HEADLINE MATCHES THE BODY OF THE ARTICLE.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I think Carry's "botched joke" has caused "the cows to come home to roost" for the DemocRATS. (Sorry Leslie but I love that line).