PITY THE POOR VOTER WHO WANTED TO PUNISH THE GOP...:

Are Independents Hedging Their Bets?: If Republicans really have pulled even among independents, it's an ominous sign for Democrats. (Charlie Cook, March 21, 2009, National Journal)

In the new National Public Radio poll conducted by the Democratic polling company Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and its Republican counterpart, Public Opinion Strategies, 42 percent of the 800 likely voters surveyed March 10 to 14 said that if the next congressional election were held today they would vote for the Republican candidate; an identical percentage of respondents said they would vote for the Democratic one. For several years, Democrats held a substantial lead on this question. [...]

[V]oters who call themselves independents gave GOP candidates the edge by 14 points, 38 percent to 24 percent.

...but suddenly realizes he punished himself.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 24, 2009 7:04 PM