And the lines have now officially crossed:
This is on top of this news:
…after a turbulent year of rancorous politics, rising war casualties in Afghanistan and unemployment now above 10%, 5% fewer Americans are calling themselves Democrats.
Hardly an enthusiastic endorsement of the record so far of the incumbent president, whose approval rating has also dropped below 50% for the first time. Approval of President Obama’s war handling has fallen the most, plummeting from 63% last spring to 45% this fall.
A new poll by Rasmussen Reports finds that despite — or perhaps because of — legislative progress on Obama’s 2009 keynote issue of healthcare reform, among other issues, the number of adult Americans calling themselves Democrats fell by almost 2 whole points just in the month of November.
A year after hope, change and jubilation filled the party ranks, only 36% of Americans consider themselves Democrats, according to the poll.
That’s the lowest percentage in 48 months.
The percentage calling themselves Republican is lower — 33.1%. However, unlike the Democrats, that number is increasing, up from 31.9% the previous month.
Here comes 2010!
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