Voters have been watching the two parties and starting to recalibrate in favor of the Democrats, who — if one averages polling by the Associated Press; CNN; and NBC/Wall Street Journal — now hold a 9-point average advantage on the question of which party would do a better job with health care. In addition, Republicans may have crossed a line with voters, particularly independents.
In our Democracy Corps poll, we found that favorability ratings among independents for incumbent Republican members of Congress had dropped by 11 points in the last month, to just 42 percent. The Republican vote among independents in the Congressional ballot dropped by 12 points. ...
... One closing suggestion for President Obama. I worry that he is tempted to talk about how “America waited a hundred years” for this moment, as he did Sunday night, just as Republicans are talking about the dawn of socialism and the Europeanization of America. The health care reform victory was hard politics. The president should learn the bread-and-butter lesson of the last month: focus on telling voters what the insurance companies won’t be doing to you any more.
And then,create some jobs — that would be a true game changer. ... Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg
Must-see: Michael Steele's response to passage of the health care bill.
