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Republicans mount shock comeback, erase Democrats’ edge in eyes of Americans

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So. It looks like thus far the effects of the shut-down have equaled out the effects of the Obamacare debacle. Going forward, mind you, the only thing driving the numbers will be the continued Obamacare debacle....

..... until we find a way to do something else stupid.

Worth noting, however, is that the poll is of registered rather than likely voters, which will lean slightly D, and that "hoping the opposition really screws up" is not a terribly good strategy. :) Gonna be funny to watch Democrats begin to swing against ole O-Care.

In just six weeks, Republicans have completely erased a 9-point deficit in a generic congressional ballot question and are now running even with Democrats.

Thirty-nine percent of registered voters say they would vote for a Democrat in their district — and the same percentage say they would vote for a Republican — if elections for the U.S. House of Representatives were held today, according to numbers from a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday.


Last month, Democrats had held a nine-point advantage on the same question, 43 percent to 34 percent.


Independent voters favored Democrats in October, 32 percent to 30 percent, but now favor Republicans by a 37 percent to 26 percent margin....
 
So. It looks like thus far the effects of the shut-down have equaled out the effects of the Obamacare debacle. Going forward, mind you, the only thing driving the numbers will be the continued Obamacare debacle....

..... until we find a way to do something else stupid.

Worth noting, however, is that the poll is of registered rather than likely voters, which will lean slightly D, and that "hoping the opposition really screws up" is not a terribly good strategy. :) Gonna be funny to watch Democrats begin to swing against ole O-Care.

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Obama has been working very hard to change the Democrats' standing and it seems to be having an effect.
 
So. It looks like thus far the effects of the shut-down have equaled out the effects of the Obamacare debacle. Going forward, mind you, the only thing driving the numbers will be the continued Obamacare debacle....

..... until we find a way to do something else stupid.

Worth noting, however, is that the poll is of registered rather than likely voters, which will lean slightly D, and that "hoping the opposition really screws up" is not a terribly good strategy. :) Gonna be funny to watch Democrats begin to swing against ole O-Care.

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I think the fact that Obamacare has been such a failure... that it was not, and probably will not ever be, ready for prime time and that was precisely [ as well as in general the imprudence of the damn thing ] what those in the conservative tea parties wing of the Republican party were trying to emphasize, highlight, to warn and rail against... and that when it comes to a real down-the-line accounting, who was for, who was against and who was truly confrontationally against this super clunker, people will finally understand whose hearts were in the proper place.

Folks like McCain have marginalized themselves... they are just the buffers which the other team uses to pass these things on to the American people... we needed someone to stand up finally, to say, "STOP!!!" ...to risk a little, to draw a REAL line in the sand... to actually start the battle...not just appease.
 
Not shocking at all. As I suggested after posting the Nate Silver piece, reports of the Republican's death were greatly exaggerated. We're a year away from the election, freaking out majorly over polls during a controversy as they relate to something a year away is idiotic.
 
What the polls over the last few months show us is that a party can fall rather fast depending on events of the day..... the GOP with the shutdown and their role in it and the Dems with the Syria fiasco and the health care registration debacle. It also should remind us that it is a very long way until the next election cycle and lots of events will change the fortune of both parties during that time. So I would not read too much into the latest polls either way as to what they may mean for 2014 or 2016.
 
Republicans have always been much better than Dems in the game of politics.
 
Republicans have always been much better than Dems in the game of politics.

If that were true we wouldn't have a welfare state. Don't fool yourself.
 
So. It looks like thus far the effects of the shut-down have equaled out the effects of the Obamacare debacle. Going forward, mind you, the only thing driving the numbers will be the continued Obamacare debacle....

..... until we find a way to do something else stupid.

Worth noting, however, is that the poll is of registered rather than likely voters, which will lean slightly D, and that "hoping the opposition really screws up" is not a terribly good strategy. :) Gonna be funny to watch Democrats begin to swing against ole O-Care.

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Everyone knows that polls don't matter. Unless my side starts to do better in the polls, in which case it clearly illustrates the weakness of the other side. Up until it evens back up and they don't matter any more.
 
Not shocking at all. As I suggested after posting the Nate Silver piece, reports of the Republican's death were greatly exaggerated. We're a year away from the election, freaking out majorly over polls during a controversy as they relate to something a year away is idiotic.

I agree with you to extent. Obamacare isn't a typical scandal that will eventually fade off the major news cycle. People will get a monthly reminder of this catastrophe from now until November. You don't forget a 50-400% increase in a monthly bill. And I'm sure as the employer mandate looms, employers will likely start implementing well before the deadline.
 
So. It looks like thus far the effects of the shut-down have equaled out the effects of the Obamacare debacle. Going forward, mind you, the only thing driving the numbers will be the continued Obamacare debacle....

..... until we find a way to do something else stupid.

Worth noting, however, is that the poll is of registered rather than likely voters, which will lean slightly D, and that "hoping the opposition really screws up" is not a terribly good strategy. :) Gonna be funny to watch Democrats begin to swing against ole O-Care.

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Obamascare and Benghazigedden are Fox News manufactured crisises, simply red meat thrown to the faithful.
 
So. It looks like thus far the effects of the shut-down have equaled out the effects of the Obamacare debacle. Going forward, mind you, the only thing driving the numbers will be the continued Obamacare debacle....

..... until we find a way to do something else stupid.

Worth noting, however, is that the poll is of registered rather than likely voters, which will lean slightly D, and that "hoping the opposition really screws up" is not a terribly good strategy. :) Gonna be funny to watch Democrats begin to swing against ole O-Care.

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Going off of any polls right now as Gospel, is premature. Even if people don't like Obamacare, that doesn't necessarily mean they like Republicans better.

The country is not a majority of social conservatives and until the Republicans learn to put social conservative issues on the backburner, I do believe they will continue to lose elections.
 
Obamascare and Benghazigedden are Fox News manufactured crisises, simply red meat thrown to the faithful.

I'm sorry but the roll-out of Obamacare has been abysmal and even rank and file Dems are starting to cry foul over it. I wouldn't call a horrible roll-out "manufactured", I would call that reality.
 
Republicans have always been much better than Dems in the game of politics.

Republicans have a die hard fan club of faithful followers, regardless how bad they are at any given time, kind of like the Dallas Cowboys. The Dems on the other hand rely on people like me who abandoned the GOP because we recognize that they went crazy. Thankfully, I am not in the minority...Cowboy fans are.
 
Republicans have always been much better than Dems in the game of politics.

The difference being is that liberals believe keeping more of what you earn is welfare and Republicans think that dependence on the govt. is welfare. You see, Republicans don't have nay problem with you keeping more of what you ear and most don't care if that means you have more than someone else. You on the other hand seem to believe that welfare directed at Republicans is a tax cut which makes you exactly the kind of person Democrats of today love. After all we all know that the govt. needs the money more than the individual taxpayer, right?
 
Republicans have a die hard fan club of faithful followers, regardless how bad they are at any given time, kind of like the Dallas Cowboys. The Dems on the other hand rely on people like me who abandoned the GOP because we recognize that they went crazy. Thankfully, I am not in the minority...Cowboy fans are.

Looks to me like you are in the minority

RealClearPolitics - Election Other - President Obama Job Approval

Think defending the indefensible makes you in the majority?
 
I'm sorry but the roll-out of Obamacare has been abysmal and even rank and file Dems are starting to cry foul over it. I wouldn't call a horrible roll-out "manufactured", I would call that reality.

Of course the roll-out was a joke. But, it's not the crisis you think it is. Most of us don't even care about Obamascare. And, I imagine that once poor people in Red States who previously lacked access to healthcare finally get to see a doctor and receive the drugs they need, they'll like it.
 
Of course the roll-out was a joke. But, it's not the crisis you think it is. Most of us don't even care about Obamascare.

It's defintely not a joke, especially for those that will be relying on this.
 
Of course the roll-out was a joke. But, it's not the crisis you think it is. Most of us don't even care about Obamascare.

4.5 million who had their insurance cancelled because of Obamacare disagree with you. Your loyalty to Obama is in the minority. Wonder what it is going to take to get people like you to hold Obama to the same standards you hold Republicans?
 
So. It looks like thus far the effects of the shut-down have equaled out the effects of the Obamacare debacle. Going forward, mind you, the only thing driving the numbers will be the continued Obamacare debacle....

..... until we find a way to do something else stupid.

Worth noting, however, is that the poll is of registered rather than likely voters, which will lean slightly D, and that "hoping the opposition really screws up" is not a terribly good strategy. :) Gonna be funny to watch Democrats begin to swing against ole O-Care.

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Imagine how much more impactful a strong Republican move against the ACA would have been if we hadn't behaved so foolishly before, during, and in the immediate aftermath of the shutdown.
 
4.5 million who had their insurance cancelled because of Obamacare disagree with you. Your loyalty to Obama is in the minority. Wonder what it is going to take to get people like you to hold Obama to the same standards you hold Republicans?
In the middle of the Obamatastrophe, the most corrupt politician known to man beat your guy for governor of VA. If you can't beat McAulife, you're in really bad shape. If you can't beat him while Obama is being outed as a liar, your party is on life support.

Your party is too stupid to nominate electable candidates right now. Why that is beats me. But...it is what it is.
 
Obama is not running for reelection. And, I assure you, all of us who voted for him, whether we approve of his job or not, will definitely not be voting GOP...unless you nominate Christie, which you won't.

The GOP is its own worst enemy. My gawd, Terry McAulife won an election. Sheesh.

Exactly because people like you really don't care about results, results don't matter in your world for it is all about ideology and personal feelings until those feelings start hitting you in the pocket book which they will. Republicans lost in Va. because the vote was split between a Republican and Libertarian. That is how Democrats continue to win elections, getting less than 50% of the vote and funding competition against the Republicans via a third party
 
It's defintely not a joke, especially for those that will be relying on this.

It was textbook incompetence. So...yes. It was a joke. But, in time, the system will beging to work. Costs will quit rising, and all the other problems will begin to settle down. When people get insurance who never had it, especially those with pre-existing conditions, all the naysayers will be outed as fools.
 
Republicans like welfare when they're on the receiving end.

There's at least one constant in the universe, libertarian candidates not getting elected in enough quantities to make a difference. Actually there's two things, they complain more than they accomplish.
 
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