More bad news for conservatives. Three new records were set with today's Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. 16 percent!

The latest results set other records, also to Republicans' disadvantage: Fully two-thirds of the electorate rates this year's Congress "below average" or "one of the worst" -- the poorest showing on that question since it was first asked in 1990. As for the Republican Party, 32% of voters rate it positively and 49% negatively -- the highest negative ever for either party in the surveys. The Democratic Party, after months in which it also had a net negative rating only slightly better than the Republican Party's, now is viewed positively by 37% and negatively by 35%.

We had early voting yesterday in WV. I still feel uncomfortable with the electronic voting machines, but at least they updated them with a paper recorder as opposed to nothing like that with the Bush/Kerry election. Happily, at this point in time, they didn't require a driver's license with a fingerprint.