MIXED NEWS

NPR's Morning Edition claims that the Foley Scandal may have little if any effect on many of the "values" voters who are part of the GOP base. A Pew Research poll found that there has been no effect of the Foley Scandal on the mid-term elections.

John at AmericaBlog notes that a TIME poll found that the Foley Scandal has hurt the GOP:

Among the registered voters who were polled, 54% said they would be more likely to vote for the Democratic candidate for Congress, compared with 39% who favored the Republican — a margin that has jumped by 11 points from a similar poll conducted in June....

John also reports that an internal GOP poll shows that Hastert has deeply hurt the GOP:

House Republican candidates will suffer massive losses if House Speaker Dennis Hastert remains speaker until Election Day, according to internal polling data from a prominent GOP pollster, FOX News has learned.

"The data suggests Americans have bailed on the speaker," a Republican source briefed on the polling data told FOX News. " And the difference could be between a 20-seat loss and 50-seat loss."