Health care debate helping GOP in Senate races
The Hill:
Dodd has some personal issues that are dragging him down, but the Ohio race is more of a straight up test of the popularity of the Democrat agenda, and the majority of voters do not like it. At this point passing the bill will be much wore for Democrats than not passing it, but they seem determined to bull their way forward with it anyway. They will pay a steep price in 2010.
The healthcare battle appears to be helping Republicans running for the Senate.There is much more bad news for Obama in the poll too especially in Ohio.
Two Quinnipiac polls released Thursday show the leading GOP candidates in Connecticut and Ohio growing their leads.
Former Rep. Rob Simmons (R-Conn.) leads Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), 49-38, and former Rep. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has opened his first leads over two potential Democratic opponents.
The surveys are the first major Senate polls since the House passed its healthcare bill on Saturday.
President Barack Obama’s approval on the healthcare issue has slipped in Ohio from 44 percent to 36 percent in the last two months, and now 57 percent of voters disapprove of his handling of it. Voters also by a wide margin say they oppose the healthcare bill, 55-36, after they were evenly divided, 44-44, in September.
In Connecticut, the drop is less drastic, and voters still support the bill by a 47-42 margin. But the all-important independent voters disapprove of Obama’s handling of the issue, 55-36. Two months ago, they disapproved by a six-point margin.
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Dodd has some personal issues that are dragging him down, but the Ohio race is more of a straight up test of the popularity of the Democrat agenda, and the majority of voters do not like it. At this point passing the bill will be much wore for Democrats than not passing it, but they seem determined to bull their way forward with it anyway. They will pay a steep price in 2010.
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