Feingold Sinking in Wisconsin Amid Voter Anger
First-time candidate Ron Johnson seems poised to knock off three-term Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold in Wisconsin as voters place blame for a sour state economy on Democratic policies.
Johnson, who owns a plastics company in Oshkosh, leads Feingold 52 to 44 percent with a scant 3 percent undecided in the latest Fox News battleground state poll. In the survey of likely voters, only 10 percent said that they could still change their minds in the remaining five weeks.
Democrats are pulling out all the stops to try to save Feingold, who won reelection in 2004 by an 11 point margin and explored a 2008 presidential run. Obama is holding a rally at the University of Wisconsin in Madison today and has visited the state four times this year. The first lady is also scheduled to hold a fundraiser for Feingold next month.
But the president may have a limited capacity to help Feingold. Obama, who won 56 percent of the vote in Wisconsin in the 2008 election, carries a job approval rating of just 41 percent and 45 percent believe Obama’s policies have hurt the state’s economy. Fifty-three percent favored repealing Obama’s national health care program.
This may help explain why Feingold is not scheduled to appear with Obama.
Feingold has long been a favorite of liberals nationally, but that reputation may be costing him in the state. Forty-seven percent said he was too liberal, compared to 41 percent who thought him “about right.” Johnson, meanwhile, was seen as too conservative by 35 percent and “about right” by half of respondents.
In the race for governor, Republican Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker holds a 4-point lead over Democratic nominee Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, 49 percent to 45 percent
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/28/fox-news-polls-democrats-tough-job-building-senate-firewall/
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