A new ABC News/Washington Post poll reports that 83% of Independents surveyed said that they do not trust the republicans to make the right decisions. Place yours truly squarely within that 83%, but place me also into what is almost certainly a similar percentage of Independents who do not trust the far-left-controlled dems to make the right decisions. The poll also reports that only 20% of those surveyed identified themselves as republicans -- apparently the lowest number in 26 years. (Link below discusses these poll results in the context of the White House's current crusade against media outlets that it views as not being favorable to Obama).But, as posited at the top, are things really much better for the dems? I notice that current Rasmussen polling still has Obama's job disapproval rating at around 47%. The poll numbers for the democrat-controlled Congress are abysmal. It gets back to a point that I've made several times in this space in recent months: While Obama & The Dems' poll numbers aren't very good, that has not meant that the repubs are picking up any significant degree of new support nationwide. As I've discusssed, this might just be the so-called "perfect storm" from which a slew of non-liberal dems, non-conservative repubs, and Independents may be able to win elected office in the next few years running as either Independents or third party candidates. I think it's in the wind. I just hope that wind keeps a blowin'.
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