EYE-OPENER -- Gallup, “Republicans Move Ahead in 2010 Vote for Congress”: “Registered voters now say they prefer the Republican to the Democratic candidate in their district by 47% to 44% in the midterm congressional elections, the first time the GOP has led in 2010 election preferences since Gallup began weekly tracking of these in March. … The shift toward Republicans raises the possibility that the healthcare bill had a slightly negative impact on the Democrats' political fortunes in the short run. … A Republican advantage among all registered voters in midterm elections has been rare in Gallup's 60-year history of tracking congressional voting preferences, happening only a few times each in the 1950, 1994, and 2002 election cycles -- all years in which Republicans had strong Election Day showings.”
--Playbook facts of life: Reporters are flummoxed -- few expected this. Health reform still looks likely HELP the president in 2012 (making him indisputably accomplished), even though it'll HURT Dems in 2010 if there isn’t a tectonic change in how the plan is viewed. Some top Dems privately say they were danged if they did and danged if they didn’t, so getting the achievement was the smarter play.
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