GOP Leaving No Independent Unturned

Geez, the independents aren't just drifting to the GOP, they're running:

Republican candidates have jumped out to a record-setting 12-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, August 15, 2010. This is the biggest lead the GOP has held in over a decade of Rasmussen Reports surveying.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Likely Voters would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate, while 36% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. Support for Republicans is up two points from the previous week, while support for Democrats dropped three points.Republicans have led on the Generic Congressional Ballot since June of last year, and their lead hasn’t fallen below five points since the beginning of December…

Support for repeal of the health care reform bill is at 60%, its highest level in over a month, while the number of voters who believe repeal will be good for the economy has reached a new high.

Allahpundit adds this note:

The temptation will be to chalk this up to The One’s comments about the Ground Zero mosque but I’m skeptical that that’s what’s driving it. Both polls are based on averages over the course of a week and he didn’t chime in on the mosque until late Friday night. Unless the bottom dropped out in the polling over the weekend, last week’s numbers should be relatively unaffected. Although, if so, that prompts the question: What will next week’s numbers be like?

If this keeps up Nancy Pelosi's seat will be competitive.