Another Wide Margin

American's trust Democrats over Republicans by another wide margin, so says a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll. Yes, polls should always be suspect but as Glen Greenwald points out, such a difference means:

Republicans are distrusted across the board, and thus -- as the 2006 election demonstrated (in which Karl Rove made Terrorism-exploitation the campaign's centerpiece) -- the GOP's standard fear-mongering tactics and accusatory attacks are plainly impotent, even counter-productive.

And despite the fact that Congress's approval ratings have been tanking,

The profound rejection by the country of the Republican Party permits only one lesson: the country wants a party that opposes them, not resembles or fears them.