10 Reasons Why Democrats Should Be Very, Very Afraid

There are signs of a building wave that's threatening to swamp Democrats.  The first three come from Jim Geraghty at The Campaign Spot:

This is the kind of year where any rumor of unimaginably good news for the GOP is really hard to dismiss, no matter how unlikely it seems.

The Tucson Tea Party calls to my attention this video of a local political guru Chris Herstam, on the Sunday Square Off program on KPNX Channel 12 in Phoenix, declaring that little-known Republican Ruth McClung is dead even against Rep. Raul Grijalva, a Democrat who so vehemently opposes his own state’s law against illegal immigration that he has called for other states to boycott Arizona.

This is a D+6 district, where Grijalva has won 63 percent (2008), 61 percent (2006), 62 percent (2004) and 59 percent (2002). The district is 54 percent Hispanic, 34.3 percent white, 5 percent Native American, 3 percent African-American.

That's one. Here's #2:

"Pat Toomey (R) leads Rep. Joe Sestak (D) by 9 points, 45 percent to 36 percent with 19 percent undecided."

And number three:

If Wisconsin Democratic senator Russ Feingold really does trail GOP challenger Ron Johnson by double digits, then it is a signal that we really are looking at a Republican tsunami that makes the wave of 1994 look like a ripple in a puddle.

Number four comes from LifeNews:

The Democratic polling firm PPP has released the results of a new survey showing pro-abortion President Barack Obama fares worse in terms of his approval rating in key presidential states than he did in 2008, when he was elected.

Obama's approval rating there is now under water in Delaware at 46% happy with the job he's doing and 48% disapproving.

"That's a pretty amazing drop in a state where he won 62% of the vote," the polling firm said.

Number five from Rasmussen:

Sixty-one percent (61%) of Likely U.S. Voters now at least somewhat favor repeal of the new national health care law, including 50% who Strongly Favor it. That’s up eight points from a week ago and the highest level of opposition measured since late May.

Number six, also from Rasmussen:

Fifty-two percent (52%) of Likely U.S. Voters say their own views are closer to Sarah Palin’s than they are to President Obama’s, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

Just 40% say their views are closer to the president’s than to those of the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate.

Number seven from The Hill, which tells us that John Dingell, who has been in Congress since the Earth cooled, is not polling all that well:

Forty-nine-point-three percent of registered voters in Michigan's 15th congressional district said they'd choose to send the 84-year-old Dingell back to Washington, while 30.3 percent said they'd vote for Republican candidate Rob Steele.

In 2008 Dingell got 71% of the vote.

Number eight comes from today's town hall meeting where a black woman who is a CFO for a veteran's service organization had this to say to President Obama (from Real Clear Politics):

"I'm one of your middle class Americans. And quite frankly, I'm exhausted. Exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that I voted for," a woman told President Obama at a town hall.

"My husband and I have joked for years that we thought we were well beyond the hot dogs and beans era of our lives, but, quite frankly, it's starting to knock on our door and ring true that that might be where we're headed again, and, quite frankly, Mr. President, I need you to answer this honestly. Is this my new reality?," she added.

Nice career you had there, lady.

Number nine comes from Beltway Confidential:

The rules have changed: Independents strongly trending to GOP

And number ten from Top of the Ticket:

Now that the Democratic Congress is back in session, its approval decline resumes -- to only 18%

Surf's up!