Republicans gain in midterm polls

THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | 9/18/06 | By Donald Lambro

[italianquaker]

Well without winning the primary his electability doesnt matter then, so I guess bye bye mcshame

[justiceseeker93]

This seems to be consistent with other evidence as to the recent trend in favor of the GOP. But no specific numbers here.

BTW, Zogby may bill himself as "an independent pollster," but he's a Democrat at heart. So his admission that Republicans are gaining is significant.

[RobRoy]

What will happen if the housing price bust really starts hitting critical mass before the elections? I'm hoping it waits a couple more months, but it is not looking promising.

[NorCalRepub]

I agree......totally....but I was disagreeing with someone here that said he was not all that popular...and I was only asserting that he actually is.....as a whole....not necessarily in the primary though.........

[Sacajaweau]

Hillary controls the purse. But there seems to be an agreement that "if she is really smart", she'd be satisfied as being a Senator.

Does the party really think that these men who have spent their lives working towards the Whitehouse will step aside?? And which one would KNEEL and become her VP.

She played "stupid". She should have run as VP with Kerry. They would have won and he could easily be swayed to do "The Marcy Park Walk" after 2 years.

The bottom line is: "She's Not Qualified", she's a socialist and represents the current immorality of society.

[John D]

I do not support him but he has a 70% or so approval rating at home


If your 70% number is correct and if I remember right AZ is split about 50-50 Republican/democrat. So that means with the 50% democrat approval he has he only has 20% Republican approval.

[jerry639]

life exists outside FR so McCain's hatred here does not extend to the U.S. as whole

Among those that I talk to in my area there has been no sense of hatred toward McCain but there is a general dislike for him and I know of none that would vote for him.

[mwl1]

Graham is courting disaster for 2008; not just on this issue, but many others, specifically including the Gang of 14.

South Carolina is not Arizona. SC is much more conservative, and Graham continues to make many enemies among his base.

As God is my witness, this continued disloyalty to Bush and conservative principles will catch up with Lindsay Graham. He could have a safe seat for life if he would shut up.

[OPS4]

Here is the WSJ Poll that is in a agreement that the Republicans are gaining, and in fact should retain Majority.

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-flash05a.html?project=elections06-ft&h=495&w=778&hasAd=1

[NorCalRepub]

....maybe true in Ariz....and among far leaning conservatives the same....but his numbers are much higher in mainstream.....they just are.....

[NorCalRepub]

....yes...that is how I feel.....but as I said, among posters on FR....he is truely hated.....though I think that many just don't post cause they would get their heads ripped off.......lol

[sanjacjake]

They both are..Does anyone following the dirty rats
in Iraq, who cut off heads,etc...worry about the Geneva
convention??? Hell, they worry about getting enough of us in their killing (suicide) and to
appease them at Gitmo? Get serious...Graham, on the
tube yesterday kept comparing prisoners to Iran...not
Iraq...worrying about our guys being prisoners in Iran?
HELLO ? we are fighting the enemy in Iraq, and they
don't give a rats a$$....about our being nice to them as
prisoners..this is knock Bush...the
country better pray for him..as he is the only one with guts in this war on terrorism....Jake

[OPS4]

MCCain will go down in flames if he trys a presidential run. He polls cause demorats like him not the base. And they do not vote in the repub primary for pres.

[OPS4]

Lindsay Graham is haning around too many dems in the carolinas. He is getting Brain Stewed. LOL

[CWOJackson]

"Republicans gain in midterm polls"

NOOOOOOOOOOO!

[NorCalRepub]

.....and that is what I have said.....I never said the base liked him.....not at all....his appeal is drawn from moderates, independants and Dems......and the MEDIA....lol

[mrsmith]

Zogby fires up the Dem base.


Old MacZogby had a poll,
He, I see, don't know.
Old MacZogby had a poll,
He, I see, won't go.
With leading questions here and weighted samples there:
Here's a win- there's a loss!
Everywhere there's special sauce...

[mdmathis6]

"The Dems are stuck on stupid. They spent the last 12 months blaming Bush for high Gas prices. Now that they are down, they cannot give him credit using the same reasoning. By ignoring it they look like stupid hyper-hypocrites............."


Oh it won't stop them...next they'll start whining" but the poor can't buy expensive Bush gas....TAX WALMART!!!"

[iconoclastinpa]

probably just a coincidence that gas prices are going down just before an election. they'll probably keep going down afterward too...

[Soul Seeker]

Please tell me what I am to do a search on.

I said he has peaked in those national polls.

I said he used to run even or even sometimes be slightly above Rudy.

I said his numbers in those national polls which are no more than name I.D. has gradually started to fall.

Name something untrue that I stated that needs correction through research.

I follow trends. And the trends in national polls, GOP straw polls, even among Washington insiders like kristol suggest Mccain's front runner status is rapidly declining.

I don't want Rudy as the candidate. But you'll note I haven't said anything of the sort, yet, in his instance. He's still holding consistent as a strong competitor. While I hate Mccain and make no pretensions about it, my analysis is weighted by unfavorable trends nationwide toward his candidacy. Not only by the opinions here.

McCain has peaked.