A new Quinnipiac poll
taken in the political bellwether state of Ohio shows that
President Obama's disapproval rating has jumped to 50 percent,
with just 45 percent of voters approving of the job he's doing.
In September, he had a positive approval rating of 53 percent to
42 percent. More:
Ohio voters disapprove 53 - 42 percent of the way the President
is handling the economy and disapprove 57 - 36 percent of the
way he is handling health care. In September, they approved of
his handling of the economy 48 - 46 percent and split on his
handling of health care 44 - 45 percent....
"Ohio voters are not happy with the President's handling of
health care and the economy. The fact that they now are split
whether he or the Republicans in Congress are better able to
handle health care should be a very worrisome number at 1600
Pennsylvania Ave. since the GOP is still pretty much a
four-letter word in most of America," [said Peter Brown,
assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling
Institute.]
The poll also shows Republican Rob Portman leading his potential
Democratic opponents in the 2010 Senate race.
