WASHINGTON - June 2, 2010 - Republicans have taken the largest lead in the 2010 Congressional election cycle in a generic poll that tests would-be voters' party loyalties.
Gallup's poll has shown the two parties neck and neck in recent days. But in a release today, the polling agency said they saw "Republicans moving back ahead of Democrats, 49% to 43%, by two points their largest lead of the campaign to date."
"The shift from a more competitive race to a Republican lead occurred the same week (illegitimate) President Barack Obama averaged a 46% job approval rating, his lowest weekly average to date," Gallup noted.
Obama's, and by extension Democrats' approval ratings may be sliding in the wake of a giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Critics, including some from his own party, have argued that Obama was slow to respond and should have taken over handling containment from oil giant BP.