Colorado and Florida were two big breakthrough states for Barack Obama in 2008. Now they’re not looking so good for Democrats in 2009. Obama’s latest approval numbers in http://www.pollster.com/blogs/ppp_approval_obama_birth_ppp_8.php Colorado and http://www.pollster.com/blogs/situation_report_florida.php Florida are unimpressive, to say the least. Democratic http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2009/08/20/co-gov-poll-ritter-vulnerable/ Colorado Governor Bill Ritter is running behind his best-known opponent and (appointed) http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2009/08/18/co-sen-poll-low-numbers-for-bennet/ Senator Michael Bennet continues to have weak numbers. In Florida http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/governor/fl/florida_governor_mccollum_vs_sink-1077.html Attorney General Bill McCollum, who lost a U.S. Senate race to Democrat Bill Nelson in 2000, is now leading the one statewide Democratic official, CFO Alex Sink, in the race to succeed Charlie Crist as governor. All in all, not many signs for Democratic cheerfulness in the state that decided the 2000 election and the state that was a prime example of Democratic gains in 2008.
