Former Virginia GOP Congressman Tom Davis shortly before night's Democratic victory in PA-12:
“If you can’t win a seat that is trending Republican in a year like this, then where is the wave?” asked Mr. Davis, who said Republicans will need to examine what went wrong. “It would be a huge upset not to win this seat.”
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That Republican "wave" sweeping the nation must have hit the breakers last night.
According to Pollster.com:
More evidence from PPP:
One other key finding on our PA-12 poll- only 28% of voters in the district thought Republicans did a good job running the country while George W. Bush was President. 63% think they did not. That -35 spread is 15 points worse than the 20 spread we found for Obama's approval in the district.
Democrats remain ahead in party ID. The Republican brand is still the dog food it was in 2008.
The question is does the White House still realize this and will they go on the offensive?