CNN Poll: Dems 52% approval, GOP 40%

[tgnyc]

45%-32% Dems preferred to run the country

[ananda]

1. Link?

..

[deutsey]

2. And yet, if elections were held today, GOP would retain majority

Funny how that works, iddn't it? :eyes:

[Straight Shooter]

3. The smell of coffee must be drifting across the country.

Apparently people are waking up. Donkey Coffee, that's the ticket :)

[Writer]

4. The result of prudent political strategy.

No crybabies here! What you gotta do when national tragedy strikes and a party tries to take advantage of it. Stay above or out of the fray until the time is right. And now, the TIME IS RIGHT!

[Armstead]

5. Huh?

Does that mean there are 7 percent who approve of Dems but would not prefer them to run the country?

I'm a little confoozed by that.

[Armstead]

6. dupe post

[tgnyc]

8. No, those 7% are saying it doesn't matter who runs the country

[mattclearing]

7. Reminds me of Kerry's numbers last fall. n/t

[rockymountaindem]

10. No way, Kerry never had a lead like that.

Not that I can remember.

[mattclearing]

14. Kerry was at nearly 50%, but Bush was in the upper 40's.

towards the end, anyway. The point is that it doesn't really matter what the polls say anymore.

[Deep13]

9. That is inadequate.

We need a concise, cohesive message to build support. Yeah, it looks okay now, but there is not an organized campaign to discredit us either (besides the usual radio and television "news" and religious opposition).

[garybeck]

11. too bad Diebold is counting votes.

[Justice Is Comin]

12. We've always got plenty of gas upstream

but we run out just before we get to Niagra Falls. Maybe not this time.

[txaslftist]

13. Got a Link?

[lancdem]

15. Someone on Atrios said

Bill Schneider reported the last time the party gap was this big was during Watergate.

Hmmmm...

[merbex]

19. The class of 74 got us out of Vietnam

[TallahasseeGrannie]

16. I am confused.

somebody explain?

[deadparrot]

17. Is this an actual (telephone) poll?

If so, :woohoo:

[OhioChick]

18. I saw this on Wolfie's show, too.

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