Poll shows Obama, Lautenberg and Menendez upside-down; poll also shows one in five voters believe Obama is not U.S. born
By Wally EdgeDemocrats have a real problem in New Jersey, if a new poll released by Public Policy Polling, a North Carolina-based firm that polls mostly for Democratic candidates and Democratic-leaning interest groups, is correct. The poll has President Barack Obama’s favorables upside-down among N.J. voters, 45%-48%.
The poll has New Jersey’s two Democratic United States Senators also upside-down: Frank Lautenberg (D-Cliffside Park) has approvals of 38%-44%, and Robert Menendez (D-Hoboken) has approvals of 27%-40%.
“There are more Obama voters in New Jersey now who don’t approve of him than there are (John) McCain voters who believe he’s doing a good job,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “This is the first time we’ve found that anywhere and it makes you wonder how effective Obama’s really going to be on behalf of Jon Corzine.”
The weirdest part of the poll: 21% of New Jerseyans believe Obama is not a natural born citizen, 19% say George W. Bush had advance knowledge of 9/11, and 8% say Obama is the Anti-Christ.
Public Policy Polling lists four Democratic Congressmen as clients.
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oh please
The numbers, I am not sure of. And when the poll was conducted matters, but the pure nonsense about Obama not being a citizen is such a useless question to even ask. Furthermore, its leading. If a poll asks you the question you are therefore going to assume that there is something to wonder about.
Won't Make a Difference!
When push comes to shove, the birds will return to the nest and we will probably see the most unpopular governor in NJ history be re-elected.
Its Over Part V
The Democratic brand is getting tarnished like the GOP brand in 2006 nationally. Jersey is out of the box, after eight years of Democratic rule has taken a toll on the state and its most middling residents. McGreevey ran as a moderate reformer in 2001 and easily appealed to the average Jerseyan more than the overly pious Schundler, then veered off course, crashing into a morass with his coming out and continued scandals. In 2005, Corzine represented hope for the revival of optimistic liberalism against the milquetoast Doug Forrester as the Bush administration became beset by incompetence. Yet after almost eight years the Democrats are tired, out of ideas, and facing the wrath of voters. Barack Obama is trying to save the world rather than save the economy, and Lautenberg and Menendez are now relics of liberal Northeast opposition to George Bush rather than moderate checks on a leftwardly veering Obama administration. These are why we see these numbers.