Click to play videoWashington: Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama appears to be having an opposite effect on his party than President George W Bush is having on Republicans.
Many Democratic candidates seem eager to embrace their nominee with hopes he'll have long coat-tails they can ride.
It looks as though this year’s elections will see the Republicans make a fine exit.
Only 38 per cent of voters believe most members of congress, from both parties, deserve to be re-elected.
As some among them are considered to be deserving members, 36 per cent believe most Republican members of congress deserve to be re-elected, 50 per cent want to see most democratic members re-elected.
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Asked how they intend to vote for congress this year, voters give the democrats a 12-point lead nationwide.
That's bigger than Obama's lead in the CNN poll of polls, which suggests a big democratic tide that could sweep in obama and bigger democratic majorities in congress or, more precisely, a tide sweeping republicans out to sea.
Democrats argue that big congressional majorities will help get things done.
However, the question is do voters really want to give one party that much power?
Slightly more voters would rather see the white house and congress controlled by different parties than by the same party.
Republicans are beginning to warn about giving the Democrats a ``blank check'' and Republican ads in North Carolina warns voters about voting for the Democratic senate candidate.
The Republican senatorial committee has sent out an e-mail signed by Senator Orren Hatch that says, ``If we don't act now to defend our Senate firewall, conservatives will be powerless to stop Barack Obama's rule by fiat.''
The assumption seems to be that Senator Obama is going to win the election.
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