Losing the Well-To-Do

Charlie Cook believes the GOP’s hold on middle-class voters is slipping:
Republicans have lost an enormous amount of support among upscale voters, basically just breaking even among those with household incomes above $50,000 a year, a traditional GOP stronghold. Similarly, McCain’s losing to Obama among college graduates and voters who have attended some college underscores how [...]

The New Majority

Clinton pollster Stan Greenberg joins those who believe GOP populism appeals to an increasingly narrow base:
In this poll, for example, when asked if homosexuality should be accepted or discouraged by society, moderates and liberals agree that it is a way of life that should be accepted by society by 65- and 33-point margins respectively, compared [...]

Like I Said …

Republican women and Democratic women just don’t mix. The Washington Post:
In the new poll, it is underlying political attitudes that appear to dominate, just as they do in ratings of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Del.), the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Eighty-five percent of Republicans view Palin favorably, and nearly nine in 10 approve of her selection [...]

Enviro Blowback

Some softness in the willingness of Americans to call themselves environmentalists I don’t think has anything to do with a sudden desire on their part to go chopping down redwoods. But it probably is a reaction to the environmental movement’s constant naysaying. When you have people from that side of the fence inveighing against wind [...]

1980 Redux

More evidence that the Obama campaign is seeing this election as 1980 in reverse:
“Democrats should take a deep breath and realize that there are a group of voters who won’t make up their mind about a candidate until deep in the fall,” said David Plouffe, Mr. Obama’s campaign manager. “And there are 18 states that [...]