https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/09/22/democracy-corps-d-obama-4155/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 17:16:29 -0400<![CDATA[The Greenberg/Carville-sponsored poll certainly does have a good deal to say about the current state of House races, albeit from as positive-towards-the-Democrats position (Hotline called it &#8216;sugary spin&#8216;) as possible.  For example, for all of the talk about how &#8216;cool&#8217; the electorate was towards Republican incumbents the truth is that they&#8217;re averaging a 40/32 approval/disapproval rating, and that the generic Congressional vote went from 48/42 Republican/Democrat in 2010 to 50/41 R/D today (which is up from 46/44 R/D in March).  And while the poll will happily tell you that Greenberg &amp; Carville&#8217;s recommended message will shift that advantage down to an even-steven 45/45 R/D generic Congressional number, what they don&#8217;t mention is that the last time they polled this survey they were able to &#8216;turn&#8217; a 46/44 R/D into 44/47 R/D.  In other words: things have gotten subtly worse for the Democrats since March.]]>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:29:09 -0400<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/09/22/democracy-corps-d-obama-4155-n40509