Obama’s Low Approval Rating Casts Shadow Over Democratic Races

… This year many Democratic candidates find their future is in somebody else’s hands — namely Barack Obama’s.

Handicapper Nathan Gonzales of the Rothenberg Political Report says Obama’s sagging popularity is casting a long shadow over his fellow Democrats.

“If the president’s job approval rating was 5 or 10 points better, I think we’d be talking about a very different election,” Gonzales says. CONT.

Scott Horsley, NPR News

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