Decision ‘08

What Liberal Media?: Part 82

The headline in the Washington Post: Democrats, On The Offensive, Could Gain Both Houses. And they very well could…yet the article presents no evidence that the Senate will swing the Democrats’ way, and the survey that provided the impetus for the article shows Republican gains in almost every category.

Some examples:

Bush job approval: 43%, up from 40 (Registered Voters)

Generic Likely Voter, Dem +6 (down from Dem +14)

Right Track/Wrong Track (RV): 39/59, up from 32/66

Who do you trust on Iraq (RV)? Dem 42, Rep 42, up from Dem 48, Rep 40

Party that best reflects your values (RV): Dems 48, Rep 44, up from Dems 53, Reps 37

And so on…now many of those numbers are still pretty dismal for Republicans, but clearly a more accurate, unbiased headline would be: Republicans Closing Gap As Election Nears…that’s the story the survey tells, anyway…

UPDATE 10:56 p.m.: AJ puts the exclamation point on the most jarring result of the survey: the mere 6% generic Dem advantage, as mentioned above, which has been in double-digits for months now…

9 Responses to “What Liberal Media?: Part 82”

1 The Strata-Sphere » Blog Archive » Big Shift Towards Reps Says:
November 4th, 2006 at 11:46 pm
[…] Right. The trend of losing nearly 2/3rds of the support in two weeks is nothing! Amazing. They really do believe their own spin. Mark Coffey highlights the movement in many other numbers in the polls - all in the GOP’s direction. […]
2 Stop The ACLU Says:
November 5th, 2006 at 12:15 am
FLASH-BIG Shift In Generic Polls!!!

Just released and thanks to “AJ Strata” for staying up late to post:
What happened to the increasing generic ballot lead of the dems? I have seen numbers ranging from 11-15% for the Dems. But now comes out a Washington Post/ABC News poll …
3 186k Per Second - » Polls Breaking to Republicans - Bigtime ! Says:
November 5th, 2006 at 1:56 am
[…] Ace of Spades HQDecision ‘08 What Liberal Media? Stop The ACLU » Blog Archive » FLASH-BIG Shift In Generic Polls!!!TKS on National Review Online […]
4 186k Per Second - » Polls Breaking to Republicans - Bigtime ! Says:
November 5th, 2006 at 1:56 am
[…] Ace of Spades HQDecision ‘08 What Liberal Media? Stop The ACLU » Blog Archive » FLASH-BIG Shift In Generic Polls!!!TKS on National Review Online […]
5 Major Poll Shift Towards Republicans at 186 kps Stuff Says:
November 5th, 2006 at 2:42 am
[…] Ace of Spades HQDecision ‘08 What Liberal Media? Stop The ACLU » Blog Archive » FLASH-BIG Shift In Generic Polls!!!TKS on National Review Online […]
6 Joust The Facts Says:
November 5th, 2006 at 6:58 am
Voting Links Galore!

What does it all mean? I’ll throw out the links, and let you sort ‘em out. First up we have the so-far-left-he’s-about-to-topple-into-a-vat-of-socialism Bob Kuttner in yesterdays Boston Globe essentially saying that either the Democrats enjoy a glor…
7 Decision ‘08 » Blog Archive » Another Stunner: Don’t Measure Those Drapes Yet Says:
November 5th, 2006 at 5:35 pm
[…] Hold off, Nancy, you’re not speaker until all the votes are counted. On the heels of the ABC News/Washington Post poll that showed a tightening race with the generic ballot at a mere +6 Dems (after months of double-digit leads for the Donkeys) comes the Pew Research Center with a generic Democratic edge of…4 (!!!) points… […]
8 Texas Rainmaker » Here Comes the 4th Quarter Comeback Says:
November 5th, 2006 at 6:49 pm
[…] What’s more… Bush job approval: 43%, up from 40 (Registered Voters) […]
9 The Right Nation Says:
November 6th, 2006 at 8:25 am
Mid-Term ‘06. Le ultime 48 ore /1

Risultati contradditori nell’ultima ondata di sondaggi sul generic congressional ballot effettuati nel weekend. Time e Newsweek registrano un fortissimo vantaggio democratico (rispettivamente di 15 e 16 punti percentuali), mentre Pew Research (+4%), …