I am up in the wonderful Clarion, Pennsylvania on business today and tomorrow, so my presence here will be limited. But here is a polling fix to sooth the pain of the special election loss down in Florida (which was entirely predictable, as I said yesterday, since it has been a Republican district and seat since the Eisenhower Administration).
PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL BACK UP–A new Bloomberg Poll has President Obama’s job performance rating at 48%, a jump of 6% since December. His favorability rating is nearly the same, at 49%.
DEMS TAKE THE LEAD IN THE GENERIC BALLOT–A new Public Policy Polling survey finds the Democrats lead the generic Congressional ballot, 43% to 40%, after trailing by two points in January.
“One key difference is that Democrats are at least happy with their own party in Congress, giving it a 66/21 approval, while Republicans give their own [party] a negative assessment at 43/48.”
So as the supposedly liberal media carps today about a coming Republican wave in November as predicted by last night’s loss in FL13, keep in mind that two prerequisites to any GOP Wave is presidential approval at or below 40% and a lead in the generic ballot. Neither of which favor the GOP at this point.
A GEORGIA CHRISTINE O’DONNELL GIFT–A new Public Policy Polling survey in Georgia finds batshit insane Rep. Paul Broun (R) leading the GOP Senate primary race with 27%, followed by Rep. Phil Gingrey (R) at 14%, Rep. Jack Kingston (R) at 13%, David Perdue (R) at 12% and Karen Handel (R) at 9%.
WE’VE LOST THAT CHRISTIE FEELING–A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds positive feelings about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) “are eroding across the board — even among his once-loyal base of Republicans and Northeasterners – in the wake of allegations that top deputies engineered a massive traffic jam to get back at Democratic mayor who withheld an endorsement.”
“Overall, the potential 2016 contender was viewed positively by 17% and negatively by 32%… That’s a stark contrast from October, when the Republican governor was on the verge of a landslide re-election on Democratic turf and viewed positively by 33% and negatively by 17%.”