"hopes of a benign outcome to the US mid-term elections."
Sounds like the implication is that the investors don't want a Dem takeover, and that the GOP surge gives them hope. So if the Dems do win afterall, then it will be interesting to see what happens on Wed.
November 06, 2006
A Look Inside That Pew Poll
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Pew Research has published its crosstabs for the poll that shows the Republicans tightening up the race, which I linked last night. The internals deliver even more bad news to the Democrats, as significant leads in several demographic categories have been cut drastically or wiped out entirely.