Analysts Compare November 2006 with 1994

The Wall Street Journal asserts that "a new poll shows both President Bush and his party in worse shape among voters than Democrats were in the October before they lost control of Capitol Hill a dozen years ago."

And at MSNBC, analysis of the same poll data "finds approval of the GOP-held Congress is at its lowest mark in 14 years, the Republican Party's favorability rating is at an all-time low and President George W. Bush's approval rating remains mired in the 30s."

Not surprisingly, then, 52 percent of those polled (1,006, 3.1% +/- MOE) prefer Democrats control Congress; only 37 percent want Republicans to retain power.

And public opinion on Iraq has clearly turned. In June, voters were split on how they felt about progress in Iraq. In this poll, 68 percent are "less optimistic" about how the war is going, compared with 20 percent who are "more optimistic."

Now if we could only get the election machinery and processes running smoothly ... more on this tomorrow.