AP-GfK Poll: Climate for GOP keeps getting better

[onehandle]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON – Tilted toward the GOP from the start of the year, the political environment has grown even more favorable for Republicans and rockier for President Barack Obama and his Democrats over the long primary season that just ended with a bang.

With November's matchups set and the general election campaign beginning in earnest Wednesday, an Associated Press-GfK poll found that more Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction than did before the nomination contests got under way in February. Also, more now disapprove of the job Obama is doing. And more now want to see Republicans in control of Congress rather than the Democrats who now run the House and Senate.

The country's pessimism benefits the out-of-power GOP, which clearly has enthusiasm on its side. Far more people voted this year in Republicans primaries than in Democratic contests, and the antiestablishment tea party coalition has energized the GOP even as it has sprung a series of primary surprises.

"We're definitely in a stronger position than we've been in really at any point this year," Sen. John Cornyn, who leads the effort to elect Senate Republicans, said in an interview.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_election_lookahead

[Radical Activist]

1. That's their headline the day after the DE primary? That's called GOP damage control.

Total bullshit.

[still_one]

3. It is bullshit. If the GOP believes they have the tea baggers in their pocket they will be in for a

rude awakening

The most important thing for Democrats is turnout. If Democrats turnout and vote, the corporate propaganda machines will lose

[bluestateguy]

2. Don't pee in my Wheaties

Do. Not. Pee in my Wheaties.

[Livluvgrow]

4. Google search

Just do a google search of the author of the article and you will see what kind of a partisan hack loon wrote the article

LIZ SIDOTI is her name

[wryter2000]

5. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[Radical Activist]

6. I wonder why someone took the time to post it at DU.

[nolabear]

10. I think you just coined a new term, "hackloon." Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[sharp_stick]

14. Thanks for the heads up

I'd forgotten about Liz (Liberal Media my Ass" Sidoti.

[wryter2000]

7. Un-freaking-believable

The chances are beyond excellent that they lost any hope of taking the Senate from us last night, and this is the headline? :wow:

I'm going to take our new member's advice and google this loon. :crazy:

[Livluvgrow]

9. Hello

I have been getting my news from you folks for several years just dont post much. I will say I can be reactionary and angry at times about politics. Have anger towards dems and hate repugs, but stuff like this will have me at the voting booth come Nov I have calmed down and vote I will

[wryter2000]

11. Good for you

I, too, hope "hackloon" gets into our vocabulary. :hi:

[NBachers]

18. Great, and thanks for the "Hello." I love hearing from people who are going to vote with us in Nov.

[county worker]

8. So all the tea party repubs are going to win?

[tomm2thumbs]

12. AP is showing their Fox bloodlines - plain and simple

they've gone Tea Party - no surprise there.

[The Northerner]

13. That's just what they think...

[Dawson Leery]

15. The AP is using Fox "News" as their source these days?!?

[BlueIdaho]

16. That's why I ignore AP...

For just a minute I forgot why I stopped paying attention to them.

Thanks Guys!

[wisteria]

17. Blah, blah, blah. n/t

[ibegurpard]

19. wow

that's some pretty jaw-dropping spin