Andrea Mitchell: 'President Obama Was a Drag'Democrats may be wishing President Obama sat this one out. With Republicans poised to take control of the Senate and making gains in the House of Representatives, it seems that Obama's charisma cache may have run out, NBC's Andrea Mitchell pointed out to Brian Williams on Tuesday.
"First of all, what (Tuesday night's early results) tells us about this campaign, this election, is that President Obama was a drag," said Mitchell. "Look at Kentucky ... Two-thirds of the voters in Kentucky, had a negative view, did not like President Obama. That was an enormous headwind for Alison Grimes. You wondered why she was refusing to say whether she voted for president Obama. That’s why!"
In exit polls on Tuesday, 44 percent of voters said they approve of President Barack Obama, but 54 percent disapprove. And despite 79 percent of voters saying they disapprove of the job Congress is doing, Obama appeared to be the lighting rod at the polls.
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