GOP AHEAD IN GENERIC RASMUSSEN POLL - AT 7:28 P.M. ET:  It doesn't happen too often, but the Republicans have pulled slightly ahead of Democrats in the latest Rasmussen generic poll of preferences for Congress:

Republican congressional candidates rebounded this week and pulled ahead again of Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot. The last time the GOP held a lead was in early May.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 41% would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate while 39% would choose the Democratic candidate.

COMMENT:  The Republicans do have a great chance next year, a chance that will increase as Americans learn more and more about the zaniness of the Democratic program.  But the GOP has a history of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.  It's got to organize, and come up with an alternative, appealing program, as it did in 1994.

July 1, 2009