Today’s national Quinnipiac poll is just a Dagwood sandwich of bad news for President Obama:

A year after President Barack Obama’s political honeymoon ended, his job approval rating has dropped to a negative 44 – 48 percent, his worst net score ever, and American voters say by a narrow 39 – 36 percent margin that they would vote for an unnamed Republican rather than President Obama in 2012, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
This compares to a 48 – 43 percent approval for Obama in a May 26 national poll by the independent Quinnipiac University and a 57 – 33 percent approval last July, just before the political firestorm created by opposition to his health care plan galvanized political opponents and turned independent voters against him.
American voters also say 48 – 40 percent Obama does not deserve reelection in 2012.
Anti-incumbent sentiment slams both parties as voters disapprove 59 – 31 percent of the job Democrats are doing, and disapprove 59 – 29 percent of Republicans in Congress. But voters say 43 – 38 percent they would vote for a Republican in a generic Congressional race.
In this latest survey of more than 2,000 voters, independent voters disapprove of Obama 52 – 38 percent and say 37 – 27 percent they would vote for a Republican contender in 2012.
Twelve percent of voters say they are more likely to support a candidate for office, if Obama campaigns for the candidate, compared to 16 percent if Palin campaigns.
The country would be better off if John McCain had won the 2008 election, 37 percent of voters say, while 35 percent say the U.S. would be worse off . . .
Voter approval of the President’s handling of some of the nation’s problems shows:
• Disapprove 56 – 39 percent of his handling of the economy;
• Disapprove 46 – 43 percent of his handling of foreign policy;
• Disapprove 51 – 41 percent of his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill;
• Disapprove 58 – 30 percent of his handling of illegal immigration

The 2012 stuff is too far away to be of much significance, but clearly Obama will be no help and in fact quite a problem for most Democrats running for reelection.

Quinnipiac understates things. The honeymoon is long over; right now, the voters are sleeping on the couch.