Latest Generic Polls: Ras +12%R; WSJ 6%R; Gallup 15%R; CNN 10R; Fox13R; Bloom 3R

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You ever imagine what an elephant raping a donkey would look like? The elephant would probably crush the donkey under its weight, leaving only a mangled corpse and some guts on the elephants feet.

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You ever imagine what an elephant raping a donkey would look like? The elephant would probably crush the donkey under its weight, leaving only a mangled corpse and some guts on the elephants feet.

Meeker must think that I have been a really bad influence on you. 

Great thinkers are never understood by their contemporaries

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Yikes! If you also take into account that Republicans almost always outperform the generic ballot...

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If you also take into account that Republicans almost always outperform the generic ballot...

How many points do you add to all of these ballot results to "adjust" for this phenomenon?

I can't find a link, but I remember Gallup's top pollster say that it was along the lines of +5-ish.

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Also, the pollster.com average is at +5.4 fwiw.

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The generic ballot has tightened considerably in the last month: http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/10-us-house-genballot.php

Interesting, though it was clear a GOP lead as high as it was in the late-summer was not going to last. Still, as Vorlon pointed out, if the Republicans are ahead, it's a bad night for Democrats.

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According the RCP, the Democrats were starting to gain in the second half of September, however, it seems Republicans regained the momentum. RCP currently has it at R +6.8, practically tied for the highest Republican margin this cycle.