GOP STAYS STRONG IN CONGRESSIONAL RACE – AT 9:41 A.M. ET:  Rasmussen reports a solid lead for Republicans in the generic polling on congressional choices:

Republican candidates now hold a six-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending Sunday, June 27.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 44% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for their district's Republican congressional candidate, while 38% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. Support for GOP candidates held steady from last week while support for Democrats inched up two points.

While solid majorities of Democrats and Republicans support the candidates of their respective party, voters not affiliated with either major party prefer the Republican candidate by a 44% to 24% margin.

Republicans have led in the Generic Ballot since mid-June 2009, and their lead hasn’t dipped below five points since the beginning of December 2009. However, the results were much different during the last two election cycles. Democrats regularly had large advantages in both 2006 and 2008.

COMMENT:  That news is good.  Democrats continue on a reckless course, determined to pass radical energy legislation, among other measures, despite widespread public skepticism.  They appear to feel that they must get as much of their program through Congress before the electoral carnage of November diminishes their power.

There is nothing on the horizon that seems likely to improve the Democrats' chances.  But the GOP can still mess it up, if hit by internal conflict or scandal.  The party will need enormous discipline and focus in the four months remaining before the election.

June 29, 2010