"ratings of the Democratic Party and Democrats in Congress have spiked"

[skipos]

I see lots of posts from DUers that are so disappointed with the first month of Dem control. Yet...

"In 2006, ratings of Democrats remained near historic lows, even as public attitudes toward Republicans continued to plummet and the election neared. However, since the election, ratings of the Democratic Party and Democrats in Congress have spiked – a net gain of 13 points in the mid-December NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll (the last media poll measuring favorability toward the two parties) and 18 points in our own Democracy Corps polling since the election – up to 46 percent favorable, 33 percent unfavorable for the Democratic Party and 45 percent favorable, 28 percent unfavorable for the Democratic Congress in the latest survey. These shifts represent a clear signal of continuing public approval of the election results and support for the early steps taken by the new Democratic Congress."

http://democracycorps.com/weekly/Public_Polling_Report_-_February_5_07.pdf

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. bad choice of words. Spike implies

a rapid rise and a rapid fall.

This is an augmentation, and escalation in Dem support; it is a rapid and permanent increase, so long as the Dem Party office holders show some spine.

[skipos]

3. Agreed, but it ain't my words. nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. True, I wasn't complaining about you

I'd be partial to augmentation, but for the image of a leering Condi staring at me.

[Jacobin]

2. poll taken before latest Iraq debate snafu?