AND THERE'S MORE POLLING NEWS – AT 10:34 A.M. ET:  Since we're giving the bad polling news about Obama, let's pile on.   The president has been particularly popular among young voters, but that advantage seems to be fading, as Politics Daily reports:

One of the factors the fueled the resurgence of the Democrats in the 2006 midterms and particularly President Obama's 2008 campaign was the enthusiastic backing of the "Millennial" generation -- voters between 18 and 29. But a Pew Research Center study says that the Democrats' advantage over Republicans with this group has dramatically shrunk from a 32 point margin in 2008 to 14 points.

These numbers include both those who identify with one of the two parties, or lean towards one or the other.

And...

The Democrats in 2008 led Republicans among these young voters in party affiliation by 62 percent to 30 percent, a margin now down to 54 percent to 40 percent.

Pew adds the caveat that the Republican gains do not include a significant rise in the number (22 percent) of Millenials who identify as Republicans when leaners are excluded. The leaners accounted for most of the overall GOP gain, almost doubling from 8 percent in 2008 to 15 percent in December.

The Democrat's advantage among Millenials when leaners are not counted has also lessened, from a 41 percent to 28 percent margin 2008 to 36 percent to 24 percent.

COMMENT:  Maybe there's hope for the young yet, although I worry about what's put into their heads by our "educational" system.

February 21, 2010