How to Lie While Telling The Truth | Wizbang

The poll showed that overall, more people have a positive view of Democrats than Republicans, a ray of hope for Obama and his fellow Democrats with the approach of November’s presidential and congressional elections. Fifty-four percent in the poll gave Democrats favorable ratings compared to 46 percent for Republicans, similar to results in January 2011, at the start of the newly elected Congress in which Republicans have run the House and Democrats wield a slender Senate majority.

For all of his demagoging of the issues, Obama has not moved the meter. The poll shows that people still prefer spending cuts over tax increases by almost a two to one margin and that the Democrats are no more popular now than they were at the midterms… And we all know how that turned out.

Okay, this is a rewrite of history, too.

The generic ballot going in to the 2010 midterms showed the Republicans with a large bulge: 52%-43%.

I remember seeing the shift from that bulge to the 54-46 lead the Dems held over the GOP by January, before the GOP had even taken their new seats, and wondering at the time, what the heck?  Apparently the MSM hysteria over the impending GOP takeover moved the dial somewhat. 

Claiming that this 54-46 Dem advantage indicates a similar result in 2012 versus that of 2010 is ignorant at best, and disingenuous at worst.