Dick Morris reports the Zogby poll shows, since September 22, the percentage of Independents voting Republican has risen from 15% to 26% (DickMorris@vote.com). That’s the good news. But there’s bad news too. Morris reports the percentage of Republicans voting for Republicans dropped from 75% to 68% – so, overall we Republicans are no better off than we were in September.

The reason? It seems the Foley scandal knocked the props out from under Republicans, just as they started an uptide with the polls.

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