I too am heartened by the public antipathy towards the G.O.P. I do suspect these poll numbers are flaky, but that should clear up as more are done and the process goes forward.
Nor do I think the polls mean anything in the most important sense -- that of ideology. Support for Clinton seems to hinge mostly on the "good" shape the country is in, with all the crap that that implies, and the negative vibes of the G.O.P. I don't see any signs of a break in the public's views about policy -- the role of government, etc.
Unfortunately, the White House is dying to do something 'bipartisan' in the belief that this will ease up the pressure on them, and Social Security is a very likely candidate. Their conferences on the issue have been more hostile to the anti-privatization coalition, which includes the labor movement, than to the most extreme Cato-type privatizers.
MBS
> Well, apparently the President that often pissed on his fellow Democrats
> has served them well in his downfall. . . .