Obama's image slipping in Ohio, poll shows

[a kennedy]

By Darrel Rowland

Yesterday the Quinnipiac Poll showed Gov. Ted Strickland's numbers sliding across the board in Ohio.

Today, it's time to tee up President Barack Obama.

For the first time, Ohioans have a negative appraisal of the Democratic president's job performance: 50 percent disapprove, 45 percent approve. Just two months ago he was winning approval by 9 percentage points in the Connecticut university's survey.

Obama's handling of the American economy now gets thumbs down from 53 percent, while 57 percent don't like his handling of health care. And for the first time Ohioans trust congressional Republicans as much on health care as they do Obama.

"The Democratic wave that swept through Ohio in 2006 and 2008 may be cresting. The Democratic lead in the governor's and Senate races has evaporated and for the first time President Barack Obama is under water in the most important swing state in the country," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, in a statement.

"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."

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[Arkana]

1. S'OK. We're not gonna win Ohio next go-round anyway.

We won because McCain voters stayed home, not because we got a massive turnout.

[budkin]

9. No, huge turnout is precisely why we won Ohio.

[WI_DEM]

11. That's pretty silly. The '12 election is 3 years away and if the economy is recovering

Obama could easily carry the state.

[natrat]

18. 10 + % unemployment predicted for years,,peaking at 13

[depakid]

2. And Ohians have really prospered under Republican administrations and policies

Sorry to say- I've never had much respect for the populace there- and this doesn't increase what little I had. Generally speaking if they choose Republicans then they deserve exactly what they get.

[Ikonoklast]

3. NAFTA hammered Ohio manufacturing.

You know, the trade agreement Clinton signed. People here haven't forgotten that, yet.

Sherrod Brown warned us what would happen under NAFTA, and no one listened.

He was right.

Part of the problem is Gov. Strickland being a DLC guy, he is just too middle of the road when we need strong leadership.

[depakid]

7. That's surely true- and I remember thinking just that when Ross Perot brought out his charts

Still though- can Republicans point to ANYTHING positive that they've done for the economy in states like Ohio?

People thinking that they somehow will is just bizarre.

[Cha]

4. Ohio voters should lay off the

limpbaugh, hannity, faux teabag con indoctrination and start thinking for themselves.

[Corey_Baker08]

5. My Ohio County is And Always Will Be A Hardcore Republican District!

I am one of few proud Democrats!

[rucky]

16. I'm the other one in the next county over.

:hi:

[roseBudd]

19. What county? I am in Hamilton n/t

[FrenchieCat]

6. I"m not at all surprised!

Polls are always the lowest when a President is dealing with something as divisive as Health Care, and with a fucked up economy that was already present when he took the rein.
Talk polls to me in about 2.5 years.......Then I'll respond with possible worry.....
till then.

[grantcart]

8. This would be interesting if it acutally showed him slipping against a Republican opponent

Now since Obama of 2008 will not be running against Obama 1012 it is quite irrelevent

[Bleacher Creature]

10. Did I miss a recently rescheduled 11/14/2009 Presidential election?

If so, President Obama is DOOMED!!

[Hippo_Tron]

14. Actually I bet he would win re-election if it were held today

Candidates always poll worse when they're not actually running against somebody.

[WI_DEM]

12. Considering the unemployment rate a 45% approval rating in Ohio is pretty good

once it starts coming down (and it will) in the next 3 years Obama will recover in Ohio and other states.

[LynnTheDem]

13. "...since the GOP is still pretty much a four-letter word in most of America."

:rofl:

Ain't that the truth. Fact is, the GOP is a "four-letter word" to the rest of the world, and has been for years.

[Politicub]

15. Ohio has always been a f'd up state

All of that "must carry Ohio to be president" BS notwithstanding.

[brentspeak]

17. Obama would be extremely popular is he governed like a progressive instead of a corporatist

People see through the insurance industry giveaway that's the health "reform" plan; they see through his coddling of Wall St.

[SKKY]

20. So, when did we go to 1 year presidential terms?

3 years is a long, long time in politics.