From Rasmussen:
For the second straight week, Republican candidates lead Democrats by nine points in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.
The new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 44% would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate while 35% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent.
Democrats haven’t led the “generic ballot” at Rasmussen since June 21st, 2009. If this holds true though November, then it will be a very fun and interesting election night.
Democrats still can turn this around – at least to the point where GOP gains are kept to the “first midterm” norm, which would not be enough for the GOP to capture either house. To turn it around, however, would require an abandonment of ObamaCare as well as a clear move on the part of Democrats to clean up government.
You see, its not just ObamaCare and the economy driving this. What is turning the usual weakness of the “in” party in to a potential meltdown is the perception among the populace that the government is corrupt and only out for itself and the well-connected. Pelosi promised the most ethical Congress in history while Obama promised transparency and a new bi-partisanship. Not only have they not delivered on their promises, but they’ve actually made corruption and partisanship worse than before.
Trouble is, they can’t really do it – as Pelosi and Reid are hip deep in the corruption and influence peddling of DC, while Obama simply doesn’t recognize that there is actually another party out there he has to work with (Chicago has been under one-party rule for many decades, and that is where Obama learned politics). To do the things necessary to save the Democrat’s day is beyond the capability of the Democrat leadership – and thus the hocus-pocus about “party of no” and other such political tricks. They can’t change and thus earn renewed power, so they are hoping to bamboozle the people.
It won’t work – the people are awake.
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