New survey numbers from Rasmussen. During the waning days of the Bush administration, and the first few months of Obama's presidency, Democrats had reached par with Republicans on virtually all issues, including foreign policy and defense matters. Now they've fallen back to traditional territory.

Trust on the Issues, from Rasmussen (h/t Rightosphere) April 3:

National security and the War on Terror

•Republicans 51% (47%)
•Democrats 36% (37%)

War in Iraq

•Republicans 47% (42%)
•Democrats 39% (38%)

Note, trust in the GOP to handle War in Iraq has grown by 5 points in the last month to its highest point since 2003.