1.  An analysis by Politico.com found that Republicans won big victories in this month’s statewide elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania because of landslide support from independent voters, who abandoned the Democrats in droves.

In Virginia, Republican Bob McDonnell won independents 65% to 34% over Democrat Creigh Deeds.  

In New Jersey, Republican Chris Christie beat Democratic Governor Jon Corzine 58% to 31% among independents.

“Since then, a flurry of new polls makes clear that Democrats are facing deeper problems with independents—the swing voters who swung dramatically toward the party in 2006 and 2008, but who now are registering deep unease with the amount of spending and debt called for under Obama's agenda in an era of one-party rule in Washington,” Alex Isenstadt wrote in Politico.com

A new Gallup Poll found that a scant 14% of independents approve of the job Congress is doing.

Likewise, a recent analysis by the Pew Research Center stated:

“Support for congressional incumbents is particularly low among political independents. Only 42% of independent voters want to see their own representative re-elected and just 25% would like to see most members of Congress re-elected. Both measures are near all-time lows in Pew Research surveys.”

The report added:

“Public frustration with Congress may have serious electoral implications for incumbents in the 2010 midterm elections. Only about a third (34%) of registered voters say they think most members of Congress should be re-elected next year, which is on par with ratings during the 1994 and 2006 elections.”

Republicans won control of both the House and Senate in the 1994 elections, and Democrats won control of both houses of Congress in the 2006 elections.

Pew also found that only 33% of independents favor Obamacare and this “may have electoral implications.”

2.  Rassmussen Reports continue to show voters preference for the GOP to take control of Congress in the 2010 elections.

If the election were held today, Republican candidates would defeat Democratic candidates 44% to 38% with 18% undecided.  If the undecideds did not vote, which is likely in non-presidential elections, the GOP would win 53.7% to 46.3%.

“Voters not affiliated with either party continue to heavily favor Republicans, 41% to 24%,” Rassmussen said.

3.  The latest daily tracking report from Rassmussen has found approval matching “the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President.”

Only 26% of voters strongly approve of the job Obama is doing in office, while 40% strongly disapprove, giving him a minus 14 rating.

“Overall, 47% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance.  Among all voters, 52% now disapprove,” Rasmussen reports.

A different Rasmussen poll found that 58% of voters think a Republican is likely to win the 2012 presidential election.

4.  In a feature article on Sarah Palin, Newsweek abandoned all pretense of objectivity.  The cover of the magazine blared , “She’s bad news for the GOP--and everyone else too.”

However, Rasmussen Reports found that 59% of Republican voters say Palin shares their values.