NEOAVATARA

A Quinniapac poll done in Ohio released on July 7th speaks volumes about where Obama and the country are at right now:

49% approve of Obama’s job, 44% disapprove.  That is a stunning drop from early May, when Obama enjoyed a healthy 62% job approval rating, with only 31% disapproving.

Thus, Obama has dropped 25 points in 8 weeks.  Only Bush could have that kind of precipitous drop in popularity.

Not surprsingly, Obama has seen a corresponding drop among voters’ approval of his handling of the economy: two months ago he had a net +21 approval (57/36), today it is -2 (46/48).  This corresponds with national polls as well, which generally show an overall weakening of Obama’s support. Rasmussen’s approval index, for example, is now at an all-time low of -5.

Governor Ted Strickland’s popularity has take a similar dive.  46 percent of the state’s voters giving him a thumbs up compared to 57 percent in early May.  That is a 13% drop in the same 8 week period.

Incidentally, the Senate race has tightened.  The two Democrat potential candidates were running 10 points or better against likely Republican candidate Rob Portman…now the race is a statistical dead heat.

Ohio was one of the key targets from the Obama Stimulus.  After spending almost a trillion dollars, the America people are realizing something that many of us knew from the beginning: they didn’t get much for what they paid for.  Clearly, the economic failure of the Obama plan is starting hurt him and Democrats.  The only question that remains is, will the absolute failure continue long enough through 2010 for a political rebound for the Republicans?  One can only hope that somehow, miraculous, unemployment slows and peoples suffering abates.  But unfortunately, I see little hope for that.