Obama Leaves the Realm of Toxic and Becomes Radioactive to Incumbent Democrats

A PPP poll has found President Obama's endorsement would hurt the Democratic incumbents in his home state of Illinois. President Obama isn't just toxic. He has become radioactive.

40% of voters in the state say they'd be less likely to support an Obama endorsed candidate to only 26% who say it would be an asset. The reality at this point is that Obama turns Republican voters off to a much greater extent than he excites Democrats. That's reflected in the fact that 83% of Republicans say an Obama endorsement would be a negative with them while only 49% of Democrats say it would be a positive. Independents also respond negatively by a 38/19 margin.