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The number of Americans who consider themselves to be Democrats inched up again in December to 41.6%. That’s up two-tenths of a point since November and the third straight monthly increase in the number of Democrats.

Only once since Rasmussen Reports began tracking this data on a monthly basis in 2002 has the number of Democrats been higher. In May, as the Obama-Clinton primary battle neared its conclusion, 41.7% of Americans said they were Democrats.

At the same time, the number of Republicans declined a full percentage point from 33.8% in November to 32.8% in December. That’s the lowest number of Republicans since August. The number claiming allegiance to the GOP peaked in September at 34.4% as the party enjoyed a convention bounce and Sarah Palin was picked as the party’s Vice Presidential nominee.

The number not affiliated with either major party inched up from 24.7% in November to 25.6% in December.

These figures are not a shock but will be food for thought for the next Repuiblican National Chairman. How ill the party increase its numbers without alienating its conservative base, driving them to the not affiliated column.

During the Goldwater/Reagan era there was a coherent message. This will be the challenge for a revived GOP post Bush - message and its deliverance within a changing demographic landscape.

Stay tuned……

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voiced skepticism today about the emerging economic stimulus plan, applying a brake to Democratic plans to quickly pass up to $850 billion in spending and tax cuts soon after President-elect Barack Obama’s Jan. 20 inauguration.

“As of right now, Americans are left with more questions than answers about this unprecedented government spending, and I believe the taxpayers deserve to know a lot more about where it will be spent before we consider passing it,” McConnell said in a statement, which will be publicly issued later today.

No more bailouts until there is a clear outline as to the Obama economic plan and the Congress decides what the hell it is doing besides throwing cheap money at a perceived problem.

41 votes go a long way, now don’t they?

Only 31% of black Democrats in America say homosexual relations are morally acceptable, roughly the same as the 30% of Republicans who agree, while very much different from the 61% of nonblack Democrats who say homosexual relations are morally acceptable.

And, this position on the issue of gay politics propelled California’s Proposition 8 which restored the traditional defintion of marriage to the California Constitution to victory in November.

Exit-poll results after that vote on Nov. 4 suggested that black California voters had overwhelmingly voted in favor of the amendment, while overall, Democrats in California overwhelmingly voted against it — essentially confirming the national attitude structure apparent from Gallup’s analysis.

This explains the reluctance of Barack Obama to ACTIVELY campaign against Proposition 8 in California and to state emphatically he supports marriage between a man and a woman. How does this translate into Obama’s public policy?

Obama has put homosexual politics on the backburner and his staff have stated the “don’t ask don’t tell” military position may ONLY be evaluated in a year or so.

Homosexual organizations wish to bring the gay marriage issue back to the California voters in 2010 should the California Supreme Court fail to overturn Propsoition 8 (which they will). With this poll, California gay marriage proponents have a long way to go.

More from Gallup:

Why, President Bush, of course, and all of the RINO’s are running around blaming social conservatives for the loss on election day to Barack Obama and the Democrats.

Mark Steyn and Karl Rove have the RIGHT analysis.

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• Democrats - 56 seats
• Republicans - 42 seats (Georgia will possibly be going to a run-off election subsequent to posting of graphic)
• Two seats (Oregon, Minnesota) could swing to either side (currently the GOP is winning both seats)

The number 41 is the important one for the GOP. 41 votes gives them a filibuster so they can stop especially heinous legislation.

However, there is talk that President Obama could offer administration positions to moderate GOP Senators, Arlene Specter, R-PA or yesterday re-elected Susan Collins, R-Maine. Democrat Governors in those states would appoint a Democrat replacement Senator and swing the balance toward the democrats.

44 Senate seats is a much better number for the GOP and then there is the question of independent Senator Joe Lieberman, but that is another post.

For now, Democrats have picked up five Senate seats but he Democrats fell several votes short of the 60-vote filibuster-proof Senate that they were seeking and also failed to get rid of a key Senate target: Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky:

• Colorado
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico
• North Carolina
• Virginia

Stay tuned as vote counting continues.

If a candidate is winning by a comfortable margin the cynic in Flap asks why you would risk a backlash or under performance by your own base with this strategy? Is Obama counting on a “depressed” GOP turnout to help himself or the down ticket races?

Flap does not think the GOP renown GOTV (Get Out the Vote) operation is in depressed mode and the Republican base will turn out. Now, whether this is enough - we will see on Tuesday.

The race is not over until the votes are counted.

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Re Sunstein, Obama and Euro-style rights, they may be here sooner than you think:

Senator Obama’s call for a middle-class rescue plan comes a day after The Blade published a Page 1 open letter to the candidate welcoming him to Toledo and inviting him to endorse a ‘Second Bill of Rights’ that includes Americans’ right to a job where they live.

Mr. Obama responded to The Blade’s question by agreeing that every American willing to work should be able to find a job at a living wage. But he stopped short of accepting that as a right.

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D. Toledo) whipped the crowd up before Mr. Obama took the stage yesterday telling them that America needed a Second Bill of Rights guaranteeing all Americans a job, health care, homes, an education, and a fair playing field for business and farmers.

With a possible Super Majority in the Congress, the Democrats can and will push their LEFT agenda.

Count on it……