Poll: Democrats are in trouble

Michael Barone, the Washington Examiner's senior political analyst, caught my attention when he reported on the new Gallup poll:

Wow! The Gallup organization reports that on the generic ballot question—which party’s candidate would you vote for in Congress—Republicans currently lead Democrats 49%-43%. That’s the biggest Republican lead since Gallup began asking the question in 1950—and in fact Republicans have seldom been ahead in those 60 years. More bad news for the Democrats: 39% of Republicans say they’re enthusiastic about voting, compared to 25% of Independents and 24% of Democrats.

He goes on to say Democrats will continue to win but added:

But Democrats are in trouble, as I argued in my Sunday Examiner column, on both competence and ideology—a pretty lethal combination.

Wow, is right. We'll be watching the polls between now and November as Republicans roll up their shirt sleeves and get to work.