We all know that local reporting sometimes seems to be..whats the word I'm looking for...skewed perhaps will cover it- to the left.
Seems fair to them I'm sure, but when you see the world a certain way that is what happens.
The trick is recognizing the view and correcting it; apparently it is a hard trick to pull off.
Observe the story today in the Daily Sentinel titled "Western Slope independents will carry Colorado for Obama, experts say"(sic). Now let us take a peek at the experts- a political science professor who is a former Democratic Party chair (very nice guy by the way), a staffer in our Democratic congressman's office and a predominately Democratic pollster and consultant.
I'll bet most of those people are optimistic for B.H. Obama. A growing part of the electorate-not so much.
A number of polling operations show a precipitous drop in voter appreciation for the candidacy of BHO as can be seen in the latest results from Rasmussen which now show a national lead by McCain at 49% vs 46% for BHO.
More generally disturbing is the trend upward of voters identifying themselves as Republicans which has increased by 4% and the number identifying themselves as Democrats has dropped by 2% and generic Republican candidates vs Democrat have closed the gap to 3 points from double digit leads (Gallup Polling).
Moreover, according to Gallup if the trend continues the Republicans will be similarly situated to where they were in 1994-2005 when they controlled Congress and with likely voters now showing a national 50% to 45% lead to Republicans- optimism on the left is starting to wane.
This should have been be a strong Democrat year and it may still be, but the trends are very ominous.
