Democrats widen lead in battle for Congress; McCain/Palin bounce "not permanent change in race"

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Call it the overlooked election. An intense battle is going on right now for control of Congress, but it's overshadowed in the media by a historic race for the White House.

So which party has the upper hand in the fight for Capitol Hill?

The answer, according to a new national poll, appears to be the Democrats. In a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Tuesday, 56 percent of those questioned are backing the Democratic candidate for Congress, while 42 percent support the Republicans.

That's a change from immediately after the GOP convention, when the Democrats had only a 3-point lead lead over the Republicans, 49 percent to 46 percent.

"The change may simply be due to the convention bounce fading for local Republicans," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "We've seen evidence that the bounce for John McCain and Sarah Palin was not a permanent change in the horse race. Since the Dems have had a double-digit lead in the so-called 'generic ballot' question throughout the year, it's possible that the current numbers are just reverting back to normal levels for 2008."...

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[central scrutinizer]

1. 56 to 42 = "appears"?

How "apparent" does it have to be before they quit using weasel words?

[pattmarty]

2. This is the "good" news. When Obama takes office next year......

.....and he has 25 more seats in the house and 6 (at least) more seats in the Senate, maybe, just maybe, we can end the war, really fix healthcare, really fix education (not fucking "vouchers" or "home schooling"), repair the crumbling infrastructure, return and KEEP good jobs in OUR country, and have a liberal/progressive hold on government for a "generation" (to quote a soon to be forgotten ass hole).

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. obama etc have been clever by literally not engaging palin

this has helped make the debate about mccain

and not very many people like mccain