DSCC's Message

The DSCC released a Garin, Hart, Yang (D) poll this afternoon that if deciding their vote for Congress based solely on national security, 41% of adults would be more likely to vote Dem as opposed to 39% GOP.

Conducted 3/24-28 for the DSCC, it surveyed 808 adults nationwide with a margin of error +/- 3.5%. The party ID breakdown: 41%D, 37%R, 18%I.

Now then: at a briefing announcing the poll, three Dem Senate candidates -- Bob Casey of PA, Rep. Sherrod Brown of OH and Jim Pederson of AZ -- previewed the party's national security message.

One word: competence. As in: the Bush administration is not.
Two more words: "tough and smart" as in -- that's what the Democrats are.

"The October Surprise is going to be on the GOP when they wake up and realize that it's the Democratic Party that has an advantage on national security," said DSCC chairman Chuck Schumer.