Pew is out with a new poll on the upcoming midterm elections, and the results are downright terrifying for Democrats. By a 47 to 43 percent split, registered voters say they're leaning toward voting Republican. Just over a quarter of voters say they'll consider their vote to be one against Obama; only 16 percent say their vote will be one for the president. And Obama's approval rating is still underwater, as it has been in Pew's polling since last year, with 44 percent of respondents supporting his job performance and 50 percent saying the opposite.
All of that is unequivocally terrible news for Democrats.
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