Democrats Take Lead Over Republicans Amid Bush Woes, Poll Shows

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Democrats Take Lead Over Republicans Amid Bush Woes, Poll Shows

April 13 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats, buoyed by President George W. Bush's problems, have taken commanding leads over Republicans on most issues and in voter preferences for the November congressional elections, a Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll shows.

The poll found that registered voters favor Democrats by 49 percent to 35 percent as the party they would like to see win their congressional district this year. Democrats are preferred even on issues that often favor Republicans, such as taxes and the budget deficit, and lead by wide margins on traditional Democratic strengths like Social Security and health care.

While Republicans maintain an edge in handling terrorism and the war in Iraq, the party's disapproval rating among all Americans has jumped 6 percentage points since January, to 50 percent. That corresponds with a souring national mood, as 65 percent say the U.S. is on the wrong track.

``These numbers indicate deep trouble for the party this fall,'' said Vin Weber, a former Republican lawmaker from Minnesota with close ties to the Bush administration. ``For House Republicans, it means that a lot of seats that they have been thinking of as safe are going to be competitive.''

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[MadMaddie]

1. This is good news now...but we have to continue to hammer

the Repugs until the elections in November....today is good....November is better!!

[Olney Blue]

3. "Hammer"- good choice of words!

[MadMaddie]

9. I like the irony myself.....

:rofl:

[Olney Blue]

2. Did the GOP think they could destroy the country and still win?

[radio4progressives]

5. Well..Depends if that was their agenda in the first place..

I thought that was the big plan, to destroy America .. so i think this was a victory -- a kind of "mission accomplished" ... after all they thought it is perfectly ok to destroy other countries, and expect to win..

and it seemed to work - or at least they got away with it.

[Poiuyt]

4. This means nothing

You need to look at each race individually. A voter might be unhappy with Republicans in general, but like his Congressman because he did him a favor once. It seems like people think that Congress is bad, but they like their incumbent.

Still, it's a good trend.

[David Dunham]

6. I think there will be a big anti-Repug vote in this unusual year

[beltanefauve]

11. Maybe.

Or, those die-hard, old-school Repubs, or even the younger, "hip-to-be-square" Reagan Repubs with their team and branding mentality, who simply cannot bear to vote Dem, will just stay home. As we've seen in the last election, the Repubs have had to resort to knee-jerk, smoke-and-mirror tactics such as the "Defense of Marriage Act" to get them to the polls, since they can't run on their record or on any real issues. They may be making a play for that sort of thing with all the immigration controversy. After all, They've had five years to bring it up and make proposals; why now?

[0007]

8. True!

[seafan]

7. We still have to deal with Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia. They are

pre-programmed to steal.

[khair75092]

10. It's definately a start!

[Capn Sunshine]

12. Don't worry, by Nov. the consultants will have us back to normal

grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory.

Unless we act NOW