Lee Fisher, Democrat for Senate from Ohio, has made a habit of going after his opponent Rob Portman on two counts. First, Fisher contends that Rob Portman is responsible for shipping jobs overseas. Second, and on a related point, there is the contention–more in evidence with each week–that Rob Portman is George W. Bush all over again.

Well, according to Public Policy Polling, the liberal-leaning research firm, the accusation that Portman is Bush might actually be the reason he’s ahead in the polls. Look at this ominous teaser for their poll, due out soon:

We’ll start rolling out our Ohio poll results tomorrow but there’s one finding on the poll that pretty much sums it up: by a 50-42 margin voters there say they’d rather have George W. Bush in the White House right now than Barack Obama.
Independents hold that view by a 44-37 margin and there are more Democrats who would take Bush back (11%) than there are Republicans who think Obama’s preferable (3%).