what have Rs done?

Given the prominence of the Times Square attempted bombing and Arizona immigration bill, it is conceivable that recent media coverage could have resulted in double digit shifts on the immigration and national security issues. I don’t understand why the shift in Social Security would’ve taken place. The one that really stands out, though, is abortion. Even with the Supreme Court nomination, I just don’t see how there could’ve been a 13 point shift in the trust numbers. I can’t say definitively where the problem lies, but that just doesn’t look right.

Just because Pelousy said that she was going to drain the swamp, doesn’t mean she did. In fact, I’d say the swamp got more wet with the Progressives and their cram down legislation. So, they bribe, deal, lie, cheat and arm twist to pass Obamacare, and they are more ethical than the Republicans? Just for that one issue alone, I don’t trust the rest of the numbers. There really is something wrong.

is my first read and this is second every morning. I have been so discouraged reading his polls lately tho. It shows the Democrats gaining ground all the time. WHY? Things get worse and worse and they are getting better and better? Is it just me thinking things are worse? Am I deluding myself? I keep looking/listening for the Republicans to keep up the pressure on the Democrats and hear NOTHING except Sessions saying Elena Kagan is just fine. I guess they are back to the old “go along to get along” theory which has done so well in the past (not). The Democrats play for keeps ALL the time.

This is the third big shift we have seen this year. First there was a big shift from the GOP to the Dems on all issues, then it shifted back, and now it has shifted again. It is weird that it is happening on almost all issues. It is also weird that there does not seem to be anything driving most of these. There are not any big news events and the campaign commercials are barely starting. There is a general relentless happy talk from the MSM on the economy but that does not explain any of the other issues.

If I were Rasmussen I would be doing internal weekly polls to check the validity of their methods. The shifts seems to be happening without any forces and they are well beyond random uncertainty.

They are afraid to oppose because of the media, but when they actively oppose the democrats they do better. Am I wrong?

The CW of getting along is bunk. It doesn’t get them further than second place in a two man race.

make me think what the hell? I don’t get it. I mean who are these people they’re polling? I think I’ll concentrate on the 1 year shift and pretend I didn’t see the month to month. Yeah right….

if it gets them only second place, why do they do it?

The dums are more ethical than the Republicans? Makes me wonder just what ethical standards the responders espouse. Certainly, not mine.

The very bad Obama/Dem polling numbers from earlier this year included three groups:

Republicans: who would disapprove of the Dems, no matter what

Independents: who disapprove because they are stunned at the way the Dems are governing

Dems: who disapproved because the Dems hadn’t passed free health care for everybody.

The third group, the base, has come come home now that they perceive the government takover and higher spending is being implemented. That group was the reason that Dems thought it would be a net plus to ram through health care rather than let it die. Their calculation is that they’ve already lost the idependents and, of course, the Republicans.

Over the past year Democrats have seen their numbers tank but in the last month we seen our double digit advantages drop to low single digits. Why? What is happening thats causing the shift now? I get that with HCR the Dem base comes home but that doesnt explain all the other issues.

Public opinion doesn’t shift dramatically one way and stay unless something seriously bad happens that completely screws the pooch. It fluxuates as people try and rationalize what the Democrats are doing. The Party does something else ridiculous, and the middle and unalert shift. It is a standard pattern of shifting public opinion.
Remember, last year at this time, P.Bho was still the boy wonder. Dems were still riding high on their election wave and the media was praising him for his ‘pragmatism’. The shift to the right must mediate for people to really accept the terrible policies and ideas coming from the left. They must be truly convinced the left are a bunch of lunatics and not just ‘misunderstood’.
Actually opinion must veer back and forth for it to take hold. This is a temporal blip because of the faux economic numbers coming out of Washington. As economic realities become more concrete, it will shift back. For truly moderate Dems and apolitical moderates to change their viewpoint takes time and a real change of heart. They’ve been listening to eight years of GOP bashing and are a little skittish. Small wonder.
We have to continue to educate and enlighten.

Public opinion doesn’t shift dramatically one way and stay unless something seriously bad happens that completely screws the pooch. It fluxuates as people try and rationalize what the Democrats are doing. The Party does something else ridiculous, and the middle and unalert shift. It is a standard pattern of shifting public opinion.
Remember, last year at this time, P.Bho was still the boy wonder. Dems were still riding high on their election wave and the media was praising him for his ‘pragmatism’. The shift to the right must mediate for people to really accept the terrible policies and ideas coming from the left. They must be truly convinced the left are a bunch of lunatics and not just ‘misunderstood’.
Actually opinion must veer back and forth for it to take hold. This is a temporal blip because of the faux economic numbers coming out of Washington. As economic realities become more concrete, it will shift back. For truly moderate Dems and apolitical moderates to change their viewpoint takes time and a real change of heart. They’ve been listening to eight years of GOP bashing and are a little skittish. Small wonder.
We have to continue to educate and enlighten.