YIKES.  AM I IN HEAVEN, OR WHAT? – AT 5:23 A.M. ET:  A new poll by the pro-Democrat Democracy Corps reveals the extent of the disillusionment with the Age of Obama.  From RealClearPolitics:

Democratic Polling firm Democracy Corps (D) has a new survey out that should send chills up the spines of Democrats. Like the recent NPR survey, there's really no good news there for Democrats. Among the findings of the poll of likely voters:

62% believe the country is on the wrong track, and its rising. This is similar to 2006.

Republicans have a higher "thermometer" rating than Democrats.

Republicans lead by 6 in the generic ballot, 48%-42%.

On the issues, Democrats lead on the environment and (barely) raising middle class living standards.

President Obama's approval is under water, 45%-51%.

The health care bill still appears to be a net drag.

The President's personal attribute ratings (strong leader, etc.) have all slid.

55% think the label "socialist" describes the President well.

A plurality believe he's done nothing to help end the economic crisis.

A narrow majority believes that the best way to improve the economy is to cut taxes, rather than spend.

About the only good news for Democrats is that former President Bush is still viewed as being mostly responsible for the state of the economy, though that too has narrowed. Expect to see his face in a lot of Democratic ads this fall.

COMMENT:  The Dems will run against Bush, just the way they once ran against Herbert Hoover...for decades.   It may get them some votes, just as Hoover did.

The poll is encouraging, but the election is four months away.  A month is ten lifetimes in politics.  You do the math.  This election is not won.

I'm amused that 55% of the respondents think Obama is a socialist.  I doubt if that was said as a compliment.  Despite all the efforts of the "respectable" press, an increasing number of Americans seem to be "on" to Mr. Obama.  They've figured it out.  But Republicans have no obvious candidate for 2012 to run against him.  And 2012 is only two years away.

July 10, 2010