"A new Gallup poll released Monday shows Republicans with a record 10-point edge over Democrats on the 'generic ballot' test -- the question of whether voters prefer a Democratic or Republican congressional candidate," reports Newsmax.

"It’s the largest GOP polling edge at this stage in the 68 years of the generic ballot poll, Politico first reported," Newsmax continues. "The news is so discouraging that an increasing number of Democratic strategists now say privately that they fear the House is already lost, Politico reports."

The crucial point -- if Republicans should retake the House and perhaps the Senate in November -- is whether they represent the dark days of a philosophically compromised GOP in decline, or whether they represent the continuing rise of principled Constitutional and Declarational resistance against statism and for freedom.

In contrast to closed-down secularist doctrine, human beings were created for freedom rooted in the existence of a real Creator, as the Declaration clearly expresses (a pretend Creator cannot, for example, create all men equal).

That's the enduring, defining, and liberating American mainstream. It'd be good if the GOP figured that out and stuck to it.

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In this week's Economist/YouGov poll, respondents were asked, "If you had to choose, which of these individuals would you want to be the Republican nominee for president in 2012?"

The winner: Sarah Palin, by 10 points over her nearest rival, Mitt Romney.

Palin was favored by 28% of the respondents, Romney by 18%, Newt Gingrich by 17%, and Mike Huckabee by 13%.

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"President Obama's standing with American voters is so low that the latest Quinnipiac University poll indicates Obama would lose an election to 'an unnamed Republican' -- meaning any GOP opponent -- by 39 to 36 percent," reports David A. Patten at Newsmax.

In addition, "the poll shows Obama's job approval hitting a new low, 44 percent approval to 48 percent disapproval. That is the president's worst net score ever, according to Quinnipiac."

But there is more bad news for Obama. "His approval with the critical independent voters is dismal," Patten writes. "By a stunning 52 percent to 38 percent, independent voters disapprove of Obama. And by 37 to 27 percent, independents say they would vote for a Republican contender in 2012."

The upshot? "Overall, by a 48 percent to 40 percent margin, American voters say that President Obama does not deserve to be reelected in 2012," Newsmax reports.

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"President Barack Obama’s job approval rating is lowest in Wyoming and Utah, according to the Gallup polling company, which tracked the numbers for all 50 states and the District of Columbia from January through June 2010," reports CNSNews.com.

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. . . "Illegal immigration, health care, disaster response or even the federal debt," writes Terry Jeffrey at CNSNews.com regarding the results of a Gallup poll released yesterday.

Comment: As Americans become more educated on this, they will see that government and politicians who neglect or reject the rules of freedom (U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence) are by far a problem greater than that posed by virtually any particular issue.

As with a hidden cancer, enemies within the body politic always pose the greatest danger to the life and health of the republic.

A people of freedom and dignity, "created equal" and "endowed by their Creator" with "unalienable rights" and responsibilities, will show such enemies of independence the electoral door at every opportunity, beginning this November.

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And only one-third of Americans support the White House attack on Arizona, according to a Gallup poll, reports AFP in Newsmax.

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48% dissapprove of Obama's job performance, reports The Daily Caller:

The two-month-old oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is taking a major toll on President Obama’s presidency, according to a new poll released Wednesday evening.

The Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey of 1,000 adults also shows that Obama is suffering from a backlash against his policies, and that the nation remains generally conservative on issues of government spending and the size of government.

The number of Americans who think the country is on the wrong track is the highest of Obama’s presidency in this particular poll, at 62 percent. And disapproval of Obama’s job performance has also climbed to an all-time high in these polls, at 48 percent, while approval is at an all-time low, at 45 percent.

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"Support for repeal of the new national healthcare plan has jumped to its highest level ever," Newsmax reports.

"A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63 percent of U.S. voters now favor repeal of the plan congressional Democrats passed and President Obama signed into law in March."

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"A majority of Americans think the federal government poses a threat to the rights of Americans, according to a new national poll," reports CNN.

"Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government has become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens."

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"Fox is the most trusted television news network in the country, according to a new poll out Tuesday," writes Andy Barr at Politico.

"A Public Policy Polling nationwide survey of 1,151 registered voters Jan. 18-19 found that 49 percent of Americans trusted Fox News, 10 percentage points more than any other network."

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"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues her reign as the Most Admired Woman in the eyes of Americans, but barely edges out former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin this year, 16% to 15%," reports Jeffrey M. Jones at the Gallup organization.

Meanwhile, in the Rearview Mirror: "Talk show host Oprah Winfrey and first lady Michelle Obama finish third and fourth."

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A poll by USA Survey "shows that 58 percent of Americans believe that decisions by the Obama administration have been 'bad for America,' as opposed to 37 percent who think Obama’s decisions have been 'good for America'," reports CNSNews.com.

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"Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s favorability rating is up 4 percentage points since October -- placing her within 9 percentage points of President Barack Obama -- according to a new Gallup poll out Thursday," reports Andy Barr at Politico. "While Palin’s numbers have ticked up of late, Obama’s have remained stagnant after a drop in approval and favorability this summer."  

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Of the People: "A survey by Rasmussen Reports finds that in a three-way Generic Ballot test, Democrats attract 36 percent of the vote, the Tea Party candidate picks up 23 percent, and Republicans finish third at 18 percent. Another 22 percent are undecided," reports OneNewsNow.

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Baby I'm Amazed: New "approval/dispproval" polling data from CNN and Gallup show Palin and Obama virtually tied.

CNN shows Palin at 46% favorable, 46% unfavorable.

Gallup shows Obama at 47% approve, 46% disapprove.

"Given the Obamamedia's unparalleled trashing of Palin and their sycophantic support of the One," notes William Tate at American Thinker, "these new numbers -- even if temporary -- bespeak two important points": the "waning influence of the legacy media" and the appeal of Palin "to a substantial portion of the public."

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"Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters nationwide now rate the U.S. health care system as good or excellent," reports Rasmussen.

"That marks a steady increase from 44% at the beginning of October, 35% in May and 29% a year-and-a-half ago."

But what's good news for healthcare in America is bad news for the federal takeover of healthcare via Obama, Pelosi, and Reid: "The latest polling shows that only 38% favor the health care legislation currently working its way through Congress," says Rasmussen.  

Hat tip: WorldNetDaily

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The UK Telegraph reports that a Louisiana justice of the peace has denied issuing a marriage license to a mixed-race couple. (My take.)

Here is the poll question:

Should LA Justice Have Issued a Marriage License to This Interracial Couple?

-- Yes

-- No

-- Maybe

Take the poll (via Facebook).

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Here's the question:

Should Obama Appoint Homosexuals to Positions of Power to Impose the Homosexual Agenda?

-- Yes

-- No

-- Maybe

Vote Here (via Facebook).

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Question: Who Is More Qualified to Be U.S. President?

A) A Nobel Prize Winner Who Shares the "Values" of the World

B) Any Natural Born American Who Affirms the U.S. Constitution (as written) and the Declaration of Independence (as written)

Take the poll here (via Facebook).

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