You know how we feel about polls here. They’re just a snapshot of a period in time. Even though Rasmussen has a great record his poll is also just a snapshot in time.

In polls taken recently these are his conclusions:

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that, if the Congressional Election were held today, 43% of American voters say they would vote for the Democrat in their district and 38% would opt for the Republican. That’s the closest Republicans have been on this measure since losing control of Congress in Election 2006. It’s also the first time in six months that the Democrat’s advantage has been in single digits. A month ago, the Democrats enjoyed a ten-point edge over the GOP….

…It remains to be seen whether this survey reflects lasting change or is merely a statistical aberration. However, it is worth noting that Republicans have also recently reduced the gap in partisan identification. This may be partly due to increased confidence in the War on Terror and the situation in Iraq.

Among unaffiliated voters, Democrats attract 32%, Republicans 26%. A month ago, Democrats enjoyed a 41% to 21% margin among voters not affiliated with either major political party.

Just 13% of Americans currently give Congress good or excellent marks for their legislative efforts. That’s just a single point above the lowest rating of 2007 (see monthly results since Election 2006).

Congress accomplished almost nothing of significance during the last session, and expecting them to accomplish much during an election year is expecting too much from a good Congress, much less one with the record of the Pelosi/Reid Congress.

We still have 10 months before the elections and anything could happen to move this one way or the other.

On the other hand, this could be the perfect example of getting rid of the other rascals but keeping our rascals in office.

The war took up so much fruitless time in the last Congress that people actually lost faith in their government.

We don’t hear too many candidates running against the war anymore since the surge has taken hold and has been successful thus far.

General Odeniero expects all 18 provinces in Iraq to be self-sufficient as far as police and military being able to take over by the end of this year. That’s quite an accomplishment if it happens.

Let’s see if these polls translate to Republican gains in November.