Last week was interesting because, just as Rasmussen was detecting a bizarre shift to the Democrats in his ‘likely voter’ generic congressional ballot question (down to a +3% for the GOP), Gallup finally released its ‘likely voter‘ generic poll (two actually) showing a +13-18% GOP tsunami. It was doubly interesting since Rasmussen had been showing […]

Hey there folks. I want to thank all those who donated to the Strata-Sphere in the last few weeks – it has helped us out immensely. I am humbled by your generosity. As you may recall, we at the Strata-Sphere are now facing the full brunt of Obamanomics and are trying to stay above water […]

Alternate Title: Doubling Down On Stupid Update: As Ed Morrissey notes, when the New York Times calls foul, is must really be foul – end update Watching the Sunday shows this past weekend I think the topic which had me most disgusted with the Democrats was the crap about the Chamber of Commerce supposedly funneling […]

There has been a serious bout of denial in the media of late, with stories about a resurgent Democrat Party somehow holding the House and saving Nancy Pelosi’s failed Spearkership. Ain’t going to happen. As Nate Silver has noted the GOP has been marching towards a higher and higher probability of a GOP take over […]

The unemployment numbers for September are out and, for the umpteenth month running, the liberal experiment in Keynesian stimulus policy is still a failure. As the chart below shows unemployment (U3) is still stuck at 9.6% (click to enlarge): The only reason it is not reflecting the more realistic 10+% level is because the work […]

“Remember When It Was YOUR Health Care!” In every election there are unexpected, pivotal moments that tip the electorate irreversibly. When these turning points hit in October, they are called an “October Surprise“. In this election, the October Surprise was provided by an unelected, liberal judge in Michigan who believes freedom of choice ends with […]

Two of Obama’s chief allies in destroying America are well on their way to being fired by the American People. As I noted in an earlier post, Pelosi may still be in Congress come January 2011, but she will be there as a has-been Speaker. Sen Harry Reid apparently will fair even worse. He will […]

Update: Hotline has compiled a list of Dem House seats currently polling under 50% for the incumbent and they have tallied 66 such instances! And a staggeringly high number of Democratic incumbents are below the 50 percent mark, including members in much of the polling conducted by Democratic firms released to counteract the GOP narrative. […]

On a business trip today. Might get a chance to post something this afternoon. But in case anyone wants to debate in the comments, here ya go!

Fox News is out with some senate polls which should shift another state into the GOP column in the RCP average. First off, West-by-golly-Virginia: Deep resistance to Obama’s agenda has put a West Virginia Senate seat once thought to be safe territory for Democrats in serious jeopardy. A new Fox News battleground state poll on […]