Bad polls for Dems

Just a portion of what Rush had to say about polling numbers over the weekend.

Another Politico story: "The Democrats' Brutal Weekend -- More bad polls. More bad fundraising numbers. More dreary talk on the Sunday shows. It added up to a brutal weekend for Democrats, as the consensus among election analysts, already bearish on the party’s prospects, took a turn for the worse over the past 48 hours. ... Analyst Stu Rothenberg pegs the number of competitive seats at 100. Charlie Cook says it's 97. Virtually all of those seats are held by Democrats. Rothenberg is predicting a likely Republican gain of 40 to 50 seats, with 60 seats possible.

Republicans need a net pickup of 39 seats to take the House. One House Democrat, reflecting widespread conversations with his colleagues, guessed Sunday that his party will lose 50 seats. Many, he said, are calling with urgent pleas for more contributions. The Senate may stay in Democratic hands -- but only by the narrowest of margins, so slim that it will make a handful of moderates from both parties the only people who will decide whether anything gets done." Well, that's just wonderful. This all equals gridlock, which is what we want. We want gridlock. So does the market, by the way. The Democrat majority is so slim it will make a handful of moderates from both parties the only people who will decide whether anything gets done in the Senate.