New poll: 15% give Dems a 'very positive' rating, 8% give GOP a 'very positive' rating

[Liberal_in_LA]

PAUL BEGALA: Signs of a closer election

If the old saw is true that in politics a week is a lifetime, we have four lifetimes before Americans go to the polls. Nearly all the indicators point to major GOP gains this fall, and for all of 2010 I've been telling Democrats to build an ark. But as we enter the final month of the campaign, there are signs that perhaps the Democrats' position has stabilized.

The latest Wall Street Journal-NBC poll shows that Americans are evenly split as to whether they want Democrats or Republicans to control Congress. In fact, 15 percent of Americans give the Dems a "very positive" rating, while Republicans garner a "very positive" rating from just 8 percent of Americans. Meanwhile, the latest Newsweek survey shows Dems leading Repubs on nearly all major issues, from unemployment (where they lead by 12 points) to federal spending (where Dems lead by 4 points), to Social Security (where Dems lead by 14).

None of this is to say Democrats are surging -- that would overstate it. But Tea Party conservatives like Rand Paul in Kentucky, Sharron Angle in Nevada and Ken Buck in Colorado have not been able to close the deal. It may just be that voters are getting a bit of buyer's remorse.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/04/quick.shots.day29/index.html?hpt=T2

[HopeHoops]

1. And the teabaggers aren't even on the radar.

[spanone]

2. the media promoted the thugs bullshit in 2006 & 2008

and we won in both...the media is worse than republicans

[Common Sense Party]

3. All right! So we're going to win BIG in November, right?

[ClarkUSA]

5. Did you even bother to read the OP highlights before posting your snark?

"None of this is to say Democrats are surging -- that would overstate it."

Historically, the party in the WH nearly always loses seats in midterm elections. In a year that has seen a Great Depression narrowly averted, the losses will be exaggerated.

End of story.

[Common Sense Party]

7. Yes, I did. But since we're now "waking up," I chose to ignore that

dose of pessimism.

[ClarkUSA]

4. Thanks for the good news. Pres. Obama's campaigning seems to be waking up Democrats.

Now it's time for us to help the party GOTV.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. absolutely! n/t

[notesdev]

8. And together that's less than 1 in 4 people

meaning the other 3 in 4 don't have very positive views of either party.

[plcdude]

9. Who wants to bet

that this poll's results are not widely reported or discussed on NBC but MSNBC at least in the evening programs will report these results?