The new Gallup generic congressional ballot numbers are in, and they show a looming debacle for the Democrats.

On the other hand, the new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows some improvement for the Democrats.

This is leading some Democrats and their allies in the media to engage in happy talk, much in the same fashion as they did in 1994, according to John Podhoretz. He remembers (as I do) that there were numbers showing a tightening race, and that few (if any) analysts thought the GOP could win the House in that election. We were all shocked by the results that night. This November, I will only be shocked if the Democrats avoid losing the House.

Jay Cost looks at the dueling generic ballot numbers from Gallup and Rasmussen.

Katrina vanden Huevel says the Democrats need to run on the issue of Social Security. She is right, of course. But that will only work if the GOP gets control of Congress and starts to make noises about changing the system.

Christine O'Donnell has a new TV ad in which she declares that she is not a witch. Good to know.

Donald Luskin writes about the tax and trade doomsday clocks.

Peter Roff says people are angry at Obama for the same reasons they were at Bush.