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SCOTT RASMUSSEN, America?s Insurgent Pollster. John Fund writes: ?You can tell it?s a volatile pol?

By Glenn Reynolds

SCOTT RASMUSSEN, America’s Insurgent Pollster. John Fund writes: “You can tell it’s a volatile political year when a balding, middle-aged pollster gets a standing ovation from hundreds of state legislators after delivering the news that only 23% of the people in this country believe today’s federal government has the consent of the governed.”

And note this:

“This will be the third straight election in which people vote against the party in power,” he says. “The GOP will benefit from that this year, but 75% of Republicans say their representatives in Congress are out of touch with the party base. Should they win big this November, they will have to move quickly to prove they’ve learned lessons from the Bush years.”

Indeed they will.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 21, 2010 (boomark / email).